They can attack Nikolaev. Putin throws thousands of soldiers to the south of Ukraine, proving the number of Russian troops up to 25 thousand - Times
At the same time, more than 10,000 Russian soldiers are now on the western bank of the Dnieper, separated from the river supply up to 1 km wide and three bridges, two of which are disrupted by HIMARS missiles. The reason for the reinforcement of the Russian group in the south was the slow de -occupation of the Ukrainian territory. In particular, as the newspaper writes, the Ukrainian military managed to shift the front line for one and a half kilometers to the southeast of Nikolaev.
According to the adviser to the chairman of the Presidential Office Alexei Arestovich, the nucleus of people thrown from Donbass is made up of Russian airborne troops, and there are signs that the Russians plan their own offensive to surround the city of Nikolaev from the northwest, Times writes. Putin is needed for Nikolaev so that Himars missiles can no longer strike bridges in Kherson region.
In addition, if Putin's goal remains Odessa, it will need to be forced by the Southern Bug, and the only real option is a bridge in Nikolaev. On August 6, the media reported that explosions were heard in Nikolaev during air alarm. On the same day, the occupying troops carried out an artillery shelling of Bereguvate village, resulting in a woman killed and five other people were injured. The head of the Nikolaev O.