The Armed Forces can liberate Kinburn Spit and force the Dnieper for the offensive - isw (photo)
This can threaten all important land communications of the invaders from the Crimea to the mainland. Analysts of the Institute of War Study (ISW) write about it. The department states that the Russian army does not expect that it will be able to prevent the Ukrainian troops from crossing the river. The invaders do not priority to stop the forcing of the Dnieper. However, they create conditions for long -term defense of the Kherson region.
This can allow you to create a strong Ukrainian bridgehead on the left bank of the Dnieper. In addition, it is reported that a number of Russian fortifications on the Kinburn Spit, which is part of the Mykolaiv region, and around it indicates that the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation do not expect to keep positions there if Ukrainian troops go on the offensive. Probably, Russian troops expect the Ukrainian army to occupy the Kinburn Spit.
However, they intend to interfere with the promotion of the mainland of the Kherson region and protect themselves from a landing attack. ISW explains that the levels of defense lines arranged by the invaders in the Kherson region provide several reserve positions. If one line of defense falls, others will remain.
"Defense near the braid shows that Russian troops are puzzled by the fact that Ukrainian forces can be fixed on or near a braid and use it as a base for an offensive from the west," the Institute of War was added. We will remind, on November 25 in OK "South" stated that the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation will not be able to keep the left -bank part of the Kherson region.