Oct 5, 2022 06:00 AM
(This post was last modified: Oct 5, 2022 06:07 AM by Yazata.)
The Russians still appear to be holding at Dudchany. There's a small tributary of the Dnipro that runs through the south side of this small town and the Russians have set up defensive positions south of the river and have blown up the bridge. The Ukrainians have entered the north side of town. So the Ukrainians are at least temporarily stopped here.
The story is different to the west. Months ago the Russians set up their defensive line at the Inhulets river, a small river that runs more of less parallel to the Dnipro to its west. That line was holding rather successfully and repelling lots of small Ukrainian attacks. But now that the Ukrainians have punched south along the Dnipro river road, these positions (and several thousand Russian troops) were in danger of being cut off. So the Russians seem to be evacuating these positions and many small farm towns that they previously held.
Of particular interest are unconfirmed reports that the Ukrainians may have retaken the larger farm town of Snihurivka, the only significant town in Mykolaiv oblast that the Russians still held.
It seems to me that the Russians are in a very dangerous situation on the Kherson front, since a large withdrawl like this can easily turn into a rout. It hasn't so far, but it has all the makings.
Meanwhile, HIMARS continues to hit the bridges and ferries across the wide Dnipro.
The story is different to the west. Months ago the Russians set up their defensive line at the Inhulets river, a small river that runs more of less parallel to the Dnipro to its west. That line was holding rather successfully and repelling lots of small Ukrainian attacks. But now that the Ukrainians have punched south along the Dnipro river road, these positions (and several thousand Russian troops) were in danger of being cut off. So the Russians seem to be evacuating these positions and many small farm towns that they previously held.
Of particular interest are unconfirmed reports that the Ukrainians may have retaken the larger farm town of Snihurivka, the only significant town in Mykolaiv oblast that the Russians still held.
It seems to me that the Russians are in a very dangerous situation on the Kherson front, since a large withdrawl like this can easily turn into a rout. It hasn't so far, but it has all the makings.
Meanwhile, HIMARS continues to hit the bridges and ferries across the wide Dnipro.
