Ukraine's military appears to have confirmed reports that its troops have crossed on to the Russian-occupied left (eastern) bank of the Dnipro River.

 

The armed forces general staff listed Pishchanivka village in the southern Kherson region, 3km (two miles) east of the river, as being shelled by Russia.

The US-based Institute for the Study of War (ISW) said Ukrainian troops had advanced up to 4km east of the river.

Russia's Vladimir Putin insisted that Ukraine's operation was failing.

Ukraine launched its counteroffensive in the south in June, seeking to sever Russia's land corridor to the Crimean peninsula, which Moscow illegally annexed in 2014.

Kyiv aims to reach the Sea of Azov coast, splitting Russian troops in the region in two, and making the Kremlin's supply lines more complicated.

 

The counteroffensive has so far been slow, bringing only limited territorial gains.

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Ukrainian troops have made a number of smaller raids across the Dnipro river before - but the latest reported advance appears to be an attempt to expand the area under their control in anticipation of a larger offensive cross-river operation.

In its report on Thursday morning, the General Staff of Armed Forces of Ukraine said Russia had carried out air strikes on Pishchanivka in the past 24 hours.

It provided no details on whether there were any Ukrainian troops in or near the village.

Hours earlier, the ISW quoted Russian sources as claiming that "likely company-sized elements of two Ukrainian naval infantry brigades conducted an assault across the Dnipro River on to the east bank" on 17-18 October.

"Geolocated footage published on 18 October indicates that Ukrainian forces advanced north of Pishchanivka (14km east of Kherson City and 3km from the Dnipro River) and into [the village of] Poyma (11km east of Kherson City and 4km from the Dnipro River)," the US-based think tank added.

 

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Slava Ukraine !

 

In tried to find a link to an Israeli Knesset minister (yesterday, in Israel) in an interview on RT (Putin propaganda network) very angrily saying that Israel would not forget Russias feeding of the Hamas's massacre and that Russia would pay a dear price for the deaths they brought on Israeli people i.e. Israel would double down on its efforts to arm and fund Ukraines war against Russia, and that Israel will never stop doing so until Russia and Putin is crushed. 

12 minutes ago, Tropposurfer said:

Israel would double down on its efforts to arm and fund Ukraines war against Russia, and that Israel will never stop doing so until Russia and Putin is crushed. 

What exactly does Israel do to help Ukraine ?

No arms , ( Israel refused the ' Iron Dome ' for Ukraine) , no money either .

Nothing .

 

" Yedioth Ahronoth also reported that in a phone call with Zelenskiy on Friday, the current prime minister denied Kyiv’s request that Israel supply arms, adhering to a longstanding Israeli policy designed to avoid provoking Russia. "

Edited October 20, 20232 yr by nobodysfriend

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/9/19/ukraines-army-commander-claims-3-elite-russian-brigades-crushed-in-east

 

The general in command of Ukrainian ground forces said his troops have routed three of the best Russian brigades fighting on the front lines in the eastern Donetsk region of Ukraine.

 

Crack on Ukraine