1/10 Kherson update ๐งต last week we saw the collapse of the #Kharkiv front and things at #Kherson front seemed slow, but also here ๐บ๐ฆ forces are putting the pressure on the ๐ท๐บ forces. In this thread i will try to give a summary of what happend last week IMHO ๐
2/10 To start in the utmost W part of this front, end of august ๐บ๐ฆ forces liberated Oleksandrivka, hereby squeezing the ๐ท๐บ VDV into Stanislav & Shyroka Balka, geolocated footage placed an artillery regiment here.Shyroka was hit several times destroying the VDV HQ there.
3/10 yesterday the official UA MoD declared troops have entered Soffivka(reportedly SOF forces) which would cut off any suplies to the two towns, and bypass the ๐ท๐บ defenses N of Tomyna Balka. Leaving the most W flank of Chornobaivka airport wide open & cutting supply route T1501
4/10 around the towns of Molodetske & Myrolyubivka heavy shelling took place this week however no sign of a push there, seems ๐บ๐ฆ focussed on moving on Soffivvka.๐บ๐ฆ did overrun serveral defensive lines between Soldatske & Blahodatne, securing a linkup of forces there.
5/10 ๐ท๐บforces also retreated from Kyselivka supposedly to cross the Dnipro river to safer parts.However the 2nd line of defense #Klapaya is still manned although less vehicles visible here aswell. One would expect a though def. here but rumours are ๐บ๐ฆ liberated it (unconfirmed)
6/10 to the NE ๐บ๐ฆ forces liberated Ternovi podi and subsequently Shmidtove. They suprised the defenses there, and forced a wedge between the 2 main strongholds @ Liubomyrivka & Bohorodytske. IMO the ultimate goal here is to push toward the Inhulets river & hwy T-1505
7/10 Thus seperating the N & S part interdicting all supply routes from Kherson & Antonivka to Snihurivka. Effectivly starving this area into surrender. Only supply route for this area seems to be Snihurivka which has been hit serveral times last week.
6/10 last week ๐ท๐บ forces push toward Kitneve & Kyselivka from Blahodatne which they took earlier, however the push failed.Result was shelling by ๐บ๐ฆ forces,putting it back under ๐บ๐ฆ control.Snihurivka seems to be holding although ๐บ๐ฆ forces are launching daily attacks on def. pos.
7/10 In the area around Andriivka there seems to be progress by ๐บ๐ฆ forces.After liberating Suhky Stavok,Kostromka fell Blahodativka,heavily contested was liberated thus allowing ๐บ๐ฆ forces to move & enter Mala Seydemyknukha
Also Bilohirka was cleared of ๐ท๐บ
8/10 Vysokopilya was liberated by ๐บ๐ฆ regular & SBU SOF. International legion fighters entered Arkhanhelske and are slowly advancing,๐ท๐บ still holds small part of the S end of town.Ol'Hyne seems to still be under ๐ท๐บ control.
9/10 finally but not the least Novovozsnesenske (wtf) & Myroliubivka were liberated and are under ๐บ๐ฆ control. Petrivka & Zolota Balka are contested ๐บ๐ฆ pushing the 83rd air assault brigade back along the riverbank. @ Dudchany the VDV HQ & ammo stores where hit by #HIMARS
10/10 IMO ๐บ๐ฆ forces are preparing for another large two proned attack in Kherson oblast. In the coming days we will know more. Will keep you up-to-date! #SlavaUkrainii
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๐งตThanks to all your contributions i am able to show you some extraodrinary satellite images.While backtracking ammo depots in the area, we discovered the location of a ๐ท๐บ tank battalion, near to Chornobaivka airport, which probably is linked to a VDV unit in the same area.
These VDV(247th guards division) unit's HQ was stationed on the access road from the M14 Highway to the airports main entry point. This HQ was hit end of august (see ๐งตโฌ๏ธ). As can be seen in the image the damage is extensive, all surrounding buildings
Have been utterly destroyed. Reportedly more 100 VDV including many staff had been killed here by #HIMARS strikes. However what ๐บ๐ฆ intelligence probably missed, is that just to next to this area, a large contingent of MBT's & support vehicles were stationed(approx. 100 meter)
1/11 ๐งต about what ๐บ๐ฆ forces are facing when engaging the ๐ท๐บ forces around #Chornobaivka airport.I have been working on mapping the positions since beginning of aug. & now the counter-offensive has started i think its time to share.
2/11 ๐ท๐บ defenses for the airport are located along the HWY M14 from Kyselivka to Chornobaivka. It's a 3 line indepth defense starting with a small forward pos.,larger extended trench works and finally the large and heavily defended airport compound.
3/11 Forward pos. is located @ gas station on the M14 entry into Kyselivka.Since end july this pos. was left by ๐ท๐บforces due to daily heavy shelling. It seems last week they pushed back ๐บ๐ฆ forces here & took the pos., last unconfirmed news is ๐บ๐ฆ have re-taken the pos. on the 31st
Klein ๐งต voor de nederlandse volgers. Naar aanleiding van nu binnen komende berichten van het front in Donbass en Kharkov blijkt dat het Oekraรฏnse leger een gewaagde strategie heeft gevolgd de maanden na de afgeslagen aanval op Kiev. Het heeft namelijk een groot gedeelte van de
ervaren reguliere troepen laten roteren naar het achterland om te recouperen en opnieuw te worden aangevuld met nieuwe verse recruten welke een gedegen training hebben gekregen de afgelopen maanden.Hun plaats werd voor een groot gedeelte ingenomen door de zgn. TDF battalions,
milities zoals o.a. Azov, internationale strijders battalions en dienstichtigen welke uitermate gemotiveerd waren.Wat ook al geruime tijd opviel was dat er vanuit deze troepen van tijd tot tijd kritiek kwam over een gebrek aan zware(westerse) wapens en artillerie
1/11 #Kherson update 24-08. ๐ท๐บ forces attacked in different area's of the front presumably in anticipation of indepence day offensives,in this ๐งต the details.๐บ๐ฆ forces have been attacking supply lines & C&C continuesly last weeks.
2/11 In the Stanislav area, ๐ท๐บ attacked Oleksandrivka some 2 week ago pushing ๐บ๐ฆ back to positions N, last week ๐บ๐ฆ forces countered. ๐ท๐บ were pushed back to the S end of town.Burning vehicles have been seen on/near the T-1501 HWY. Town is now contested.
3/11 to the E, 28th mech. Brigade keeps supressing ๐ท๐บ artillery in ShyrokaBalka area, ๐ท๐บ forces tried to move NW from Sofiivka but where repelled on the line W of Doslidne by forward ๐บ๐ฆ forces.Around Tomyna Balka reportedly multiple MLRS & art. were destroyed by ๐บ๐ฆ artillery.
1/10 #Kherson western front update ๐งตis finally here.Been working on checking info from local,#OSINT,sat & other sources to produce the most complete picture IMO while still keeping #Opsec.Let's go ๐
2/10 First by popular req. a full overview map of the current(8 aug) frontlines west of the #Inhulets river. As we can see there have been some (small) shifts in the overall line. As you can see i have included known ๐ท๐บ defensive pos. and some published ๐บ๐ฆ pos. Some details โฌ๏ธ
3/10 First we look at the sit. around #Stanislav. ๐ท๐บVDV reinforcements arrived 15-7,and started a push toward #Oleksandrivka pushing ๐บ๐ฆ back across the coastal road W and N taking control of the town. 45th Spetnaz are active here. ๐บ๐ฆ are using art. & tank fire to stop the advance
As promissed in my previous ๐งต โฌ๏ธ i will go into the destruction of another ammo depot with #HIMARS in the west-#Kherson region. The one i will take a look at today was located just south of #Novodmytrivka and was hit on 21st of july.
If we look at the #FIRMS data we can see there are a lot of spots on fire around the compound however when looking at the #Sentinel imagery we can see it originates from the N end of the complex and spread on the dry lake bed. This is even more clear using the burned area option.
Burned area option on the #Sentinel imagery makes it possible to see how the fire progressed.We can see spots around the complex which indicates burning material was spread over a large area.This is consistent with a large explosion. (ref. Expl. #Novakhakova 21-7 โฌ๏ธ)