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#Ukraine has won an important victory in the campaign that liberated western #Kherson.🧵
#Putin had been determined to hold this key terrain, possession of which would have allowed him to renew his invasion of unoccupied Ukraine from positions on the right bank of the #Dnipro.
#Putin had been determined to hold this key terrain, possession of which would have allowed him to renew his invasion of unoccupied Ukraine from positions on the right bank of the #Dnipro.
#Ukraine has repeatedly hit the #Antonivskiy bridge across the Dnieper river in the #Kherson area. This started about July 19 & yesterday saw some of the heaviest strikes, reportedly by HIMARS. The bridge seems to be structurally intact, though closed due to surface damage.
#Ukraine is putting at risk many bridges and dams across the Dnieper. Besides the 3 around Kherson (1 road, 1 rail & 1 road & rail), they are all in UA hands and the entire Ukrainian army in the east depends on them for even the limited supply they are receiving now. We discussed
previously why these bridges had not yet been targeted.
There was a tacit understanding between the parties not to try to strike at these bridges and dams. In preparation for now more modest UA aims, to regain Kherson and the west bank of the river,
There was a tacit understanding between the parties not to try to strike at these bridges and dams. In preparation for now more modest UA aims, to regain Kherson and the west bank of the river,
