Had a conversation with a dutch guy @delangeleo who was stuck in #Kherson for 4 months during the ๐ท๐บ occupation. He told me in the city there was/is constant partisan activity. During the first couple of weeks this mainly consisted of assisting ๐ท๐บ deserters to cross the lines,
These numbered in the 100's during the first months. This changed later on when at first there started to appear spray painted ๐บ๐ฆ flags & flyers everywhere which the occupiers tried to paint over & remove asap. Also there started to be daily attacks on ๐ท๐บ vehicles & troops.
๐ท๐บ Trucks are getting bombed on a daily basis and ๐ท๐บ soldiers just dissapear and are found dead later on. Strangly the partisans are asking the people not to post these actions on social media.The only reason i can think of not to spread this is to protect the people themselves
Because if they are caught spreading such info they might be punished by the occupiers. Also there is an app people can use to sent coordinates of ๐ท๐บ military positions and other usefull info to ๐บ๐ฆ security services. This is used widely by the population to identify targets.
During the first week of the occupation an american citizen which lived in #Kherson was arrested later a video of him appeared on a pro ๐ท๐บ telegram channel. He was never heard of again. Disappearences of ๐บ๐ฆ people happen on a daily basis and rumours are there is widespread
Torture going on, one of the main locations for this seems to be the prison located outside of #HolaPrystan [46.48838 32.454521]. All shops were also closed to be nationalized & accept payment in rubles. All the collaboraters had at least 10 bodyguards with them all the time
But still they were assasinated.Eventualy he managed to get permission to leave to #Crimea and from there to he travelled to #Krasnodar to #Georgia. During this trip he was interrogated for hours at serveral border crossings
News keeps coming in from different sources that ๐ท๐บ defensive positions around #Chornobivka and airport are under constant artillery fire since juli 2nd. FIRMS data seem to indicate that on 2nd area's just west of the airport where struck.
FIRMS data showing a large field burned can be seen on Sentinel images from 3rd juli. On the 3rd of juli FIRMS indicates targets at the edge of the airport on highway M14 seem to be struck. ๐ท๐บ forces presumably fell back here from prev. defensive positions 3 km out.
These previous defenses where taken up after defenses @ #Klapaya were severly struck on 15 till 19th of june. After these strikes they fell back 4 km to positions just 3 km from the airport these were subsequently hit on 29th june leading to their withdrawel to the airports edge
#Kherson western front update. After my last update friday there has been significant action by ๐บ๐ฆ forces. Where i said #Pravdyne was contested today it's confirmed. liberated by 126th TDF subsequently #Myrne was also liberated. This is the situation IMO.
๐ท๐บ forces where forced to retreat toward #sofiivka & #Tomynabalka to avoid being encircled. A large number of vehicles and personel where destroyed during heavy artillery fire on retreating forces. FIRMS shows alot of fires along this route. ๐ท๐บ positions @ #Doslidne got hit hard.
According to sources on the ground #Stanislav has been liberated since friday after ๐ท๐บ forces fell back to defensive positions W of #Shyrokabalka. 28th Mech & 136th Marines are containing ๐ท๐บ forces & trying to encircle them by moving toward #Tomynabalka cutting of escape routes.
#Kherson front region update ๐งต 10 days since last update. Blackout by ๐บ๐ฆ not much info came out of this area.But i will try to explain.Some info can't be shared,hope you understand Here the situation as of 29th. IMO.
#Oleksandrivka area, according to my source in the area ๐บ๐ฆ forces mainly 137th MC and SOF conducted operations and liberated #Stanislav. Mopping op. ongoing in area to the east. ๐ท๐บ forces (DPR & VDV) fell back to #Shyrokabalka and will setup defenses near #Tomynabalka.
Toward #Pravdyne ๐ท๐บ counter attacked and took up defensive position on the W/SW side. ๐บ๐ฆ forces are attacking daily with drone assisted M777's and MLRS.
Active in this area is the 126TH TDF & SOF recon (See ๐งต โฌ๏ธ) north #StepovaDolyna is liberated.
New update on the situation on the western side of the #Kherson front. ๐บ๐ฆ forces have made some progress in certain parts of the front, ๐ท๐บ forces launched counter attacks around #Pravdyne & #kyselivka. ๐บ๐ฆ took ground direction of #Ivanivka More info read ๐งต
Direction of #Oleksandrivka ๐บ๐ฆ have consolditated their positions and have moved on the open ground between #Pravdyne & the #Stanislav pocket towards #Tomynabalka. According to sources clashes occured 5 km. west of town where ๐ท๐บ troops are dug in. FIRM data seems to confirm this.
Further more ๐บ๐ฆ forces are conducting attacks on an area north of #Stanislav where remaining VDV units are trying to hold the advance and keep coastal road T1501 open for re-supply. A push from #Oleksandrivka toward #Stanislav however is expected to happen within a few days.
Another update ๐งต for the situation which is developing on the western side of the #Kherson front. ๐บ๐ฆ Forces have been making progress in almost all area's of this front and they are about 10 km from #Kherson city. More info read ๐งต
Previously ๐ท๐บ occupied towns #Oleksandrivka, #Soldatske, #Myrne seem to be liberated and mop up operations are ongoing in these area's. Also ๐บ๐ฆ forces have reached #Tomnyabalka and are squizing ๐ท๐บ troops in the #Stanislav pocket cutting supply routes south of #Tomnyabalka.
Troops caught in the #Stanislav pocket consist of LPR/DNR conscript troops,VDV units & photo's on social media show units of the 22 Guards Spetznas transferred to the area after fighting @ #Mariupol. Source confirms VDV snipers 5 km north of #Shyrokabalka engaged by ๐บ๐ฆartillery.