Ukrainian forces likely made a limited raid across the Dnieper River and landed on the eastern bank of the Kherson region. It is not yet clear whether the Ukrainian military has managed to gain a foothold on the left bank of the river, according to a daily report from the Institute for the Study of War.
Source: ISW
Details: The institute noted that on August 8, several Russian pro-war bloggers stated that Ukrainian forces landed up to 7 boats, each of which carried 6-7 people, on the eastern bank of the Dnieper near the village of Cossack Camps, broke through the Russian defenses and advanced 800 meters deep .
It is noted that, according to the report of one of the Russian “military correspondents”, the Russian command recently redeployed a trained paratrooper unit from the area of the Cossack Camps to the Zaporozhye region, replacing them with mobilized ones, which weakened the Russian defense in this area.
ISW claims that the so-called head of the occupation administration of the Kherson region, Volodymyr Saldo, downplayed the achievement of the Ukrainian landing force, saying that Russian artillery repulsed the attack of Ukrainian boats.
“However, most well-known Russian pro-war bloggers claim that Ukrainian troops managed to land on the east bank before Russian forces began to use small arms. space,” the institute’s analysts noted.
ISW stressed that they will continue to give a conservative assessment of the situation on the eastern coast of the Kherson region until they receive visual confirmation of a long-term Ukrainian presence near the Cossack Camps or other settlements on the eastern coast.
It is noted that the institute’s analysts have not yet seen visual evidence indicating the presence of a significant number of Ukrainian military or equipment in the area of the Cossack Camps.
“So far, it can be inferred from Russian reports that Ukrainian forces carried out a limited raid across the river, and not a larger operation. Ukrainian officials have not commented on operations in the area at this time,” the ISW added.
2023-08-09 02:20:40
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