Russia has redeployed regarding 20,000 Russian soldiers to the western bank of the Dnipro River, in the face of a Ukrainian counter-attack, according to the American magazine Politico.
But as a result of Ukrainian pressure, the line of withdrawal of Russian forces towards the east towards the Crimea has become more difficult than ever, according to the British newspaper “The Times”.
About 180,000 Russian soldiers participated in the Ukraine war, and regarding 20,000 of them were killed in the battles, according to Al-Sifa reported
The first days of the attack indicate that Kyiv is deploying its forces around Kherson, extending from the southwest of the city to far points to the north and east of Nova Kakhovka, in the possibility of Ukrainian forces seeking to “encircle the Russians,” according to the newspaper.
The ongoing Ukrainian offensive has “largely cut off the supply lines of Russian forces in the city,” according to the Wall Street Journal.
The Kherson attack came as part of Ukraine’s strategy to “strain the entire Russian invasion force, from Kharkiv in the northeast to Crimea on the Black Sea,” according to the Wall Street Journal.
