Ukraine stages raids across Dnipro River as counteroffensive looms
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It's been days since the Ukrainian military started her counteroffensive operations in eastern Ukraine. Since then the Ukrainian military have made significant progress in her counteroffensive attack.
Ukrainian forces based on the western side of the River Dnipro are frequently carrying out raids on the eastern bank near the city of Kherson to try to dislodge Russian troops, a regional official said on Tuesday.
Russian forces have held the eastern side of the Dnipro near Kherson since retreating from the southern city in November after months of occupation, but Ukraine is expected to launch a spring counteroffensive to try to recapture more territory.
According to Yuriy Sobolevskiy, deputy head Kherson region administration the intention of this raids is to recapture some areas held by the Russian military in Kherson and to reduce Russia's offensive operations in the region.
"Our military visit the left (eastern) bank very often, conducting raids. The Ukrainian armed forces are working, and working very effectively," Sobolevskiy told Ukrainian television.
The Ukrainian military wants to replicate what they've done at the right bank to the left (eastern) bank. One of the most important things about the Ukrainian raids at the right bank was that they had less losses and this they believe.
Russia seized the Kherson region soon after its full-scale invasion of Ukraine 14 months ago, and has continued since then to hold all of the region's territory east the Dnipro.
Military analysts say Ukraine is likely soon to launch a counteroffensive, and that one of the main goals could be breaking through a southern land corridor between Russia and the Russia-annexed Crimea region. Retaking all the Kherson region would be an important step towards achieving this goal.
The US institute for the study of war has reported that Russian bloggers have posted previously that the Ukrainian troops have some foothold eastern Dnipro.
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