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One of the most puzzling reports of the war thus far: For days now we have heard about a #Ukrainian bridgehead east of the river. We keep hearing UA has captured #Zarichne & #Metalivka. Also that they are holding Verkhnia Pysarivka on the way to strategic #Vovchansk.
While I was quite skeptical, the situation is no clearer after quite a few days. The reporting is everywhere with the likes of this for example:
This is wishful reporting (on their part). There is no bridge and in my view, no bridgehead either.
This is wishful reporting (on their part). There is no bridge and in my view, no bridgehead either.
New Sat images confirm for us, as of May 23 and as I suspected, that there is no bridge anywhere. The bridge at Staryi Saltiv is still down. There is no bridge anywhere near the captured villages in the wide (dammed) part of the river. Neither is there one further north. 
#Ukraine has launched an offensive with powerful weapons in the #Kharkhov area. Perhaps it is new western artillery, perhaps it is launching missiles such as Tochka U as well. The thermal footprints are intense. There are reports that UA forces crossed at Staryi Saltiv, captured
Zarichne & are advancing northwards. These same reports indicate a second crossing near Rubizhne towards Verkhnia Pysarivka. Thermal data confirms intense shelling at Zarichne, around 28 hours ago & all at once. More recently we have similar weapons being used against #Metalivka.
This could mean that Zarichne was captured and the UA forces are moving northwards. It could also mean however that the shelling is being done from further away & from the west bank. The crossing is very wide and the standing bridge was destroyed earlier in the war.
