The Armed Forces of Ukraine continue to achieve “significant success” in Kherson Oblast (Photo:Оперативне командування Схід)
The
Armed Forces of Ukraine continue to achieve “significant
success” in Kherson Oblast, while simultaneously continuing the
offensive in Kharkiv and Luhansk oblasts, the U.S.-based Institute
for the Study of War reported on Oct. 4.
In Kherson Oblast, Ukrainian troops liberated several settlements on the eastern bank of the Inhulets River along the T-2207 highway, forcing Russian troops to retreat south towards Kherson, ISW analysts said.
Ukrainian forces also continue to push south along the Dnipro River and T-0403, cutting two Russian ground lines of communications (GLOK) in the north of Kherson Oblast and pushing the Russians south of the Kherson-Dnipropetrovsk border into the Beryslav area. At the same time, the Armed Forces of Ukraine are making efforts to prevent Russian attempts to transfer additional ammunition, reserves, mobilized military personnel and protective equipment to forward positions.
Holding the positions on the eastern (left) bank of the Inhulets River and on the right bank of the Kakhovka reservoir will allow Ukrainian forces to significantly push back Russian troops to the east, towards the Dnipro and push them south towards Kherson and the Berislav-Novaya Kahkova region, the ISW writes, summarizing fears of Russian military bloggers covering the conflict.
ISW specialists are also analyzing the data of one of these “military correspondents”, according to whom, 500 people are required for the defense of a 20-kilometer front line, at a rate of approximately 20 meters per person. But due to the understaffing of Russian battalions, this ratio is one soldier per 60 m front line in the north of Kherson Oblast. This fact, along with effective Ukrainian offensive operations, “partially explains the rapid pace of the collapse of the Russian army in this sector,” ISW notes.
In Kharkiv and Luhansk oblasts, the Armed Forces of Ukraine continue their offensive east of the Oskil River. According to Russian sources, fighting continues in the area of the R-66 Svatovo-Kremennaya highway in Luhansk Oblast. Ukrainian troops entered the villages of Bohuslavka and Borovska Andriivka (30 km west of Svatovo).
“These successes, along with other offensives of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on the eastern bank of the Oskil River, essentially deprived the Russian forces of the…
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