2023-11-07 00:52:00
View of a projectile crater near an art museum following a night bombing in Odessa, southern Ukraine (EFE/IGOR TKACHENKO)
Ukrainian troops have made progress on the left bank of the Dnieper in the Kherson region, while fighting intensifies on the eastern front, where Russian forces do not give up trying to surround Avdivka, one of the Ukrainian strongholds in the Donetsk region.
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According to the latest report by the American analysis group Institute for the Study of War (ISW), geolocated images show that Ukrainian forces have managed to progress southeast of the town of Pidtepen, regarding three kilometers from the left bank of the Dnieper.
Further east, on the same bank of the river, regarding two kilometers from the shore, Ukrainian troops have established a stronghold near the town of Krinki, according to data from ISW experts.
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With these actions, the Ukrainian military seeks to move the Russian artillery away from the bank of the Dnieper, since from there it even hits the city of Kherson, the capital of the homonymous region, which the Ukrainian Army recovered a year ago, with mortar fire. following the withdrawal of Russian forces.
The worsening of the situation in the Kherson region was in fact confirmed by the regional governor appointed by Russia, Vladimir Saldo, who today ordered the extension of the curfew hours implemented in November last year.
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Starting tomorrow, Tuesday, the call will be in effect between 8:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. local time, when until today it extended from 11:00 p.m. to 5:00 a.m.
According to the Russian Defense Ministry, in the past day its troops repelled five attempts by Ukrainian forces to land on the right bank of the Dnieper in the Kherson region.
On the eastern front, Russian forces, with the support of aviation, continue attempts to surround Avdivka, a city located just ten kilometers from Donetsk, the capital of the homonymous region, held by pro-Russian separatists since 2014.
“Ukrainian soldiers firmly hold the defensive lines and inflict significant casualties on the enemy,” the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine said in a statement today.
Although Russian troops have been trying to close the siege of Avdivka for several weeks, all their efforts to cut off the corridor just over ten kilometers wide through which its defenders get their supplies have been unsuccessful.
Ukrainian military intelligence (GUR) warned today that Russia is waiting for winter to arrive and temperatures to drop below zero degrees to launch a new massive bombing campaign once morest Ukraine’s energy system.
“They will most likely start when there is a greater load on our energy system, which creates more favorable conditions for attacks,” said General Vadim Skibitski, one of the top officials of the GUR, today.
According to an estimate published today by the GUR, Russia currently has 870 high-precision missiles.
Thanks to shipments from its Western partners, Ukraine now has many more air defenses than when Russia first attacked its energy system in the fall of last year. However, many areas of the country remain vulnerable to the Russian missile and drone arsenal.
“We are preparing for the worst winter in history. So we will turn a blind eye if we do not receive the Taurus (German cruise missiles), but we get air defense systems,” said Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmitro Kuleba, in statements to the German media Welt.
(With information from EFE)
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