The Russian Federation decided not to retreat from Kherson. Will the occupiers of the transfer of additional forces and equipment - Israeli officer

Russian military truck in Chernobayivka, Kherson region (photo: Reuters/Alexander Ermochenko) Igal Levin, Officer of the Israeli Defense Army and military analyst told Radio NV whether the occupiers of the transfer of additional forces and equipment to Kherson region. “We see that Russia has decided to fight in the south, they are charging the small forces they have, including them from Donbass, from the south. They smear their strength with such a thin layer in all directions.

The fight will be, they decided not to leave Kherson, not to go, but to fight for him. What it all over is-let's look in August-September, ”he said. Levin explained that hundreds of pieces of equipment are thrown into the Kherson direction, but this technique is often logistic: "From tractors, excavators to various waterways, gas trucks, etc. ". According to a military expert, the part that Russia transfers to the Kherson direction, "shabby".

"When you hear" two battalions ", these are not battalions of 600 people. It can be 300 people. This applies to the rest, other parts too. In total, they say that the group is estimated at 5 thousand people on the right bank. And there, probably, is now thrown in the area, possibly from 5 to 10 thousand. These are not the forces that can be drawn somewhere, but these are the forces you can try to keep, ”he said.

Levin added that the main issue in the Kherson direction is not in the number of occupiers, but whether they will be able to adjust the supply, for which they repair the Antonovsky Bridge. According to the Israeli officer, if the supply is not possible, the number of soldiers does not matter. The military expert added that Russians can still retreat from the Kherson region, but "they understand that the loss of the south will be the beginning of the collapse of all their campaign in Ukraine.

" "This is the key, roughly speaking, I have already spoken about it in the past, too, that the south is the key and they understand it perfectly. If I understand this at my level, Russian generals understand it well, and Western analysts understand that in the General Staff of Ukraine they also understand it, ”he assured.

On August 2, the deputy of the Kherson Regional Council Sergey Khlan announced that the troops of the Russian Federation were thrown over landing units in the Kherson direction. In the course of counter -offensive actions in the southern direction of the Armed Forces, more than 50 settlements in the Kherson region have already been released from Russian invaders.