WP found out why there was no attack by the Armed Forces of Ukraine on Kherson

In the last week alone, around 3,000 Russian servicemen have arrived in the Kherson region, according to Ukrainian intelligence.

Correspondents of the American newspaper The Washington Post visited the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine near Kherson. They reported, citing sources in the Armed Forces of Ukraine, that Ukraine has not yet been able to launch a large-scale counter-offensive in this region, as it does not have enough weapons.

According to journalists, the Ukrainian military is forced to conduct a fierce struggle in the open space, which is well shot by the invaders, while the Russian troops have recently sent significant reinforcements near Kherson.

According to a Ukrainian intelligence official who spoke to WP on condition of anonymity, about 3,000 Russian troops arrived in the Kherson region last week alone, bringing the total strength of the Russian army group to the west banks of the Dnieper at least 15,000 .

Kirill Mikhailov, a spokesman for the Conflict Intelligence Team, told the newspaper that most of these reinforcements are from elite airborne units that help bolster Russian formations depleted by months of fighting.

The Washington Post clarified that representatives of Ukraine are promising a counter-offensive that will lead to the liberation of Kherson for a long time. The publication provided an assessment of the prospects for an offensive operation by a representative of the Ukrainian special services.

“Actually, Ukraine does not yet have enough weapons for a counter-offensive. It is still possible to achieve a result, but if it will, it will be more due to the smart Ukrainian strategy, and not [благодаря] counter Russia with equal force,” said a Ukrainian intelligence official.

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The American newspaper also quoted an interview with Ukrainian media by General Dmitry Marchenko, who complained that “unfortunately, the amount of military aid promised to us by our Western partners is given to us in small batches, which , in principle, is very difficult. for us to perform offensive actions.”

“I think that when we receive this entire aid package, our counteroffensive actions will be very fast,” Marchenko said.

However, Dmitriy Alperovich, a Washington-based expert from the Silverado Policy Accelerator, told WP that Russia is about to withdraw troops from Kherson itself because of the recent attack on an air base in Crimea and repeated -repeated UAF attacks on Russian army supply routes on the right bank of the Dnieper.

Commenting on the possibility of an offensive in Kherson, Yuriy Sak, an adviser to the Ukrainian defense minister, told the publication that “Ukraine will never be as stupid as Russia and start throwing people into battle like cannon fodder to satisfy the ambitions of their leaders. .” “It’s a matter of price,” he concluded.

It will be remembered that the Russian invaders in recent days have transferred dozens of battalion tactical groups from the east of Ukraine to the south. It’s thousands of fighters and hundreds of pieces of equipment. The number and composition of the new group does not indicate a desire to hold the occupied territories during the counteroffensive of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, but to continue the offensive, experts say.

It was assumed that Nikolaev, Zaporozhye and Krivoy Rog could be the targets of the invaders. About this in detail in the material of the Russian Federation is preparing an offensive in the south: what are the prospects.

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