It’s what has been keeping the status quo between the two sides.” “They shell Kherson and the small villages on this side of the river every day and there are two or three air raids most days. They have rocket systems, mortars and artillery. Photograph: Nacho Doce/Reutersĭmytro Pletenhuk, a military spokesperson in the city, says: “The Russians have every kind of weapon.
Describing the latest fighting around Kherson city port in recent days, the Institute for the Study of War, a US thinktank, says: “The extent and intent of these Ukrainian positions remain unclear, and ISW does not currently assess that Ukrainian activities in and across the Dnipro River in Kherson Oblast constitute a counteroffensive effort.”Ī sign warns of mines along the bank of the Dnipro River at Kherson in Ukraine. What the fighting on the Dnipro portends is also opaque, despite media attention after claims Ukrainian forces have established positions on the far bank seen by some as a sign the Kherson area could be the focus of Ukrainian efforts. In this lethal game of cat and mouse, both sides frequently carry out raids from the boats, which are visible to drones and vulnerable to gunfire, artillery and mines. Here, combatants have moved in ribs (rigid inflatable boats) with powerful engines. What is clear is that fighting for the Dnipro delta’s islands, marshes and inlets has been very different from the gruelling battles on the eastern front.
A resident takes cover on Wednesday in Kherson, Ukraine, after a Russian airstrike on a train station.
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