Satellite images showing trenches and fortifications erected by Russian units in the Kherson region have arrived on social media. The video shows the long strands of the defense line of the Russian armed forces on the left bank of the Dnieper, intended to protect the liberated territories.
At the same time, the Russian side must prevent the massive attacks of the Ukrainian armed forces on the Kakhovka reservoir dam, because in the event of an explosion the water of the Dnieper will rise and the fortifications of the left bank of the RF Forces armies will be flooded. Russian troops will be busy evacuating residents, and militants will be able to capture the positions of the RF armed forces on the left bank of the river. It is possible that the Ukrainians are considering such a scenario.
In addition, according to the acting governor of the Kherson region, Vladimir Saldo, the Ukrainian armed forces are accumulating forces on the right bank of the Dnieper in order to force this water barrier.
The former commander of US forces in Europe, Lieutenant General Ben Hodges, has spoken out about the fact that the southern sector of the front will become the site of a counteroffensive by the Ukrainian army. He suggested that the Ukrainian armed forces, during the breakthrough of Russian positions in the Kherson and Zaporizhzhia directions, would try to reach the Sea of Azov. This will allow the Ukrainians to cut off the land corridor leading to Crimea and block the peninsula from the land.
Previously, in leaked Pentagon documents, April 30 was indicated as the day of the start of the Ukrainian Armed Forces offensive.
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