Rocket and artillery units of Ukraine continue to shell strongholds of Russian troops, concentrations of personnel, logistics bases and ammunition depots.
British intelligence believes that this “will most likely affect the logistics of the Russian army and put pressure on elements of the combat support of the Russian army.”
A UK MoD report on August 4 said that Russian troops had almost certainly placed pyramidal radar reflectors in the water near the recently damaged Antonovsky Bridge and near the recently damaged railway bridge, both of which cross the Dnieper River at Kherson.
Radar reflectors are likely used to hide the bridge from synthetic aperture radar images and possible missile guidance equipment. This highlights the threat that Russia is experiencing due to the increase in the range and accuracy of systems supplied from the West, the British write.
In a report on August 3, the British Ministry of Defense considered it unlikely that the rail link between occupied Kherson and Crimea would remain operational after the Ukrainian Armed Forces struck a Russian ammunition train.
It is likely that the occupiers will repair the railroad tracks within a few days, but they will remain vulnerable to Russian forces and their logistics route from Crimea to Kherson.
Russian occupiers use a separate ferry crossing after the attacks of the Armed Forces of Ukraine to transport equipment across the Dnieper River near the temporarily captured Kherson.
This is reported by the investigation program “Schemes” on Wednesday, August 3, with reference to satellite images. According to Schemes, this is already the second crossing built by the occupiers after accurate artillery strikes of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on the Antonovsky automobile and railway bridges.
The ferry crossing next to the Antonovsky railway bridge was first recorded on satellite images from Planet Labs on August 1 near the village of Pridneprovskoye.
Advisor to the head of the Kherson OVA Serhiy Khlan said on the air of the all-Ukrainian telethon that the Russians launched several pontoon platforms near the Antonovsky bridge, and the crossing with them takes about two hours.
Source: Racurs
