The Russo-ukrainian War is a railway logistics war, so people need to bookmark this map from @xaliu5👇
The denial of the Snihurivka railway hub to the Russians cuts Kherson city proper from rail logistics through Nova Kokhovka & strands engines & rolling stock between
Snihurivka and either Nova Kokhovka or Kherson city proper.**
**The Russians have put a temporary bypass at Nova Kokhovka by filling the locks with soil for trucks. I haven't seen anything about rail traffic there being similarly restored.
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The Snihurivka railway hub is also of strategic importance for AFU railway artillery logistics supporting future operations.
It's capture will give AFU superior lateral logistics to the Russians across the Kherson front.
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Russian "Good Will Gesture" in progress in Northern Kherson.
Key Ukrainian artillery max range #'s.
55 km - 2S7 Pion 203mm gun
50 km -- Excalibur guided shell range in a 155mm 52 caliber gun
40 km -- 2A36 Giatsint-B 152mm Gun w/OFARS & NATO 155mm 52 cal gun w/RAP shells
Something people should be thinking about is that the Ukrainians might be using their sequence of attacks to knock down the Russians' WILL to resist too, and not merely their ability to fight.
And please note, Ukraine has had heliborne assault capability all along.
Many on Twitter simply have ignored it because...
...I don't know.
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@CAFranchise@DefMon3@Caucasuswar@battleorder I've always assumed Ukraine would do a heliborne assault when it would hurt the Russians more than the risk of failing a carefully planned operation.
Ukraine has put a great deal of thought into defeating such operations, see all the failed VDV airmobile operations including
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I'd think the Ukrainians would have a much better feel on how to conduct a successful airmobile operation because they would know what to look for from Russian defenses based on that doctrine.
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