Stops the breakthrough of the Russian Federation through the Dnieper: the Armed Forces use modernized weapons of the USSR - NPR (photo)
Grizley said that in the afternoon, his team was using improvised bins to hide their weapons from Russian drones and artillery that work from the Dnieper. At night, a modernized gun is used on a shabby chassis, new navigation and guidance systems that allow you to work in the dark and make raids along the Dnieper bank, strikes in Russian positions. "She is really fine," Grizley said proudly about his mobile gun. "Very fast Imenhevrov".
Nick's fighters are part of the 1st Battalion of the 40th Brigade of the Coast Defense. They make up part of the thin line of Ukrainian soldiers, which stretches along about 1000-kilometer front. The task of this section of the Dnieper River is to disrupt Russian operations aimed at port Kherson, and to prevent landing attacks aimed at returning a strategic city.
In the city, at least 60,000 civilians live - compared to 300,000 before the war - the city remains one of the most dangerous places in Ukraine. Russian troops fired daily with blocks with bombs. "Only from the first day of this year, the enemy attacked the region about 650 times," - said Alexander Proudin, chairman of the Kherson Ova. Roman Kostenko, a former military commander and people's deputy from the Kherson region, reported that the situation could change.
"We received information [in December] that Russia was preparing its troops for attacking the river. Some people from [occupied by Russia] side of the river called me and said that they saw boats and people training in the lake," Kostenko said. According to him, the Kremlin hopes to return Kherson to help establish control of the Black Sea and support military operations in the south of Ukraine in the direction of Odessa, one of the most important cities of Ukraine.
Although, apparently, in Russia there is still enough artillery, boats or troops capable of organizing a full -scale forcing of the Dnieper, Kostenko said that Moscow's decisions were unpredictable. "[Attack over the winter in winter is illogical, yes. But if [President of Russia Vladimir] Putin makes a decision to capture Kherson, it does not matter to him. Russia may attack [at any time]," he said. Nika shooter, a middle -aged man, who called Yuri, showed shells - every long time.
The shells connected together so that they can be fed quickly to the gun. "We work quickly," Yuri explained. "We arrive in the river and shoot, devastating the gun in a minute, a maximum of one and a half. Then I say to the driver: let's get out of here. " Beat and Run tactics allow you to store experienced soldiers of Ukraine, which is reduced when possible. When asked if it is possible to keep the line in the Kherson region, the artilleryman Yuri answered, smiling: "Yes, yes, yes, yes.