Russians celebrate victory on the Dnieper Left Bank, but no evidence - isw (map)

About it reports "Institute of War Research" in the summary for July 1. The spokeswoman of OK "South" Natalia Humeniuk said that in the area of ​​the Antonovsky bridge there is a powerful combat work with a slope towards a counter -battery struggle, since the peculiarity of the front line is that it passes through the Dnieper River.

Analysts make statements of Russian sources that, on the positions of Ukrainian troops in the area of ​​the Antonov Bridge on June 30, the Iskander missiles were hit, and that there was no longer a bridgehead in the area, and the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation were able to advance in the area. According to the pro-Kremliv source from the Crimea, the 7th Guards Mining and December Division (VDV) on the T-72 tanks participated in the attack.

The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation reported that the sabotage group of the Armed Forces, which tried to land on the island near Oleshok (7 km from Kherson), was defeated. At the same time, all these reports were not accompanied by any evidence, but the clearing in the area adjacent to the Antonovsky Bridge, as it was stated, was still not completed on June 1.

Excessive estimates of success in the confrontation of a small group of Ukrainian forces indicate that "or the Russian command fears Ukrainian attacks on the Left Bank in the Kherson region, or that after the rebellion The pro-Kremliv bloggers said that the Armed Forces would most likely continue outing in small groups through the Dnieper and will hold a large-scale offensive in the area of ​​Oleshok for breakthrough in the southeastern part.

ISW does not make forecasts for Ukrainian controls, but notes that such statements are related to The fact that the Russian military command is increasingly afraid of the potential of the Ukrainian landing on the left bank of the Kherson region. Recall that the mobile crematoriums of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation work around the clock to hide the losses.