In its assessment of the war in Ukraine on Wednesday, the Ministry of Defense of Great Britain said that Russian generals would be concerned about the possibility of launching a Ukrainian attack across the Dnipro in the Kherson region.

The Ministry of Defense in London reports that in recent days, one of the heaviest bombings since the beginning of the Russian invasion took place along the Dnipro River in southern Ukraine.

“This included continued shelling by Russian artillery of the city of Kherson on the east bank of the river,” the British assessment said, noting that on January 29 local authorities reported 3 more civilians killed in Russian attacks and that two vessels under the dead were flying a foreign flag. damaged, causing an oil spill in the port.

By the way, on the video that appeared on social networks last Wednesday, a severe fire was recorded on board a Turkish cargo ship, which was anchored in Kherson.

The Ministry of Defense of Great Britain currently notes that Kherson is the Ukrainian city most bombed by Russian forces, with the exception of the frontline cities in Donbas.

“Russia’s exact rationale for using its stockpile of pressurized munitions here remains unclear,” the British assessment said on Wednesday.

On November 11, the Ukrainian army liberated Kherson

But the British assessment says the Russian generals commanding the invasion force are likely to aim to damage the morale of civilians in Kherson after the city was abandoned in November and deter any possible counterattack by the Ukrainian army across the Dnipro River.

Another video released by Ukrainian special forces last week captured a spectacular mission by Kyiv’s elite soldiers who crossed the Dnipro River at night and destroyed several Russian army positions.

Later, the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine clarified that it was a reconnaissance, the purpose of which was to encourage Russian forces on the eastern bank of the Dnieper to open fire to identify their positions.

The Ukrainian counterattack launched on August 29 in southern Kherson Oblast was Kyiv’s first major offensive since Russian President Vladimir Putin launched the Russian invasion.

General Sergei Surovikin, then commander of the Russian invasion forces, announced on November 9 that Russian troops would retreat to the eastern bank of the Dnieper in Kherson, leaving the regional capital of the same name.

Two days later, the Ministry of Defense of Russia announced the completion of the withdrawal of its troops from the western bank of the Dnieper.

On January 11, Putin appointed a new commander of the invasion forces, and the commander-in-chief of the troops in Ukraine will be the chief of the General Staff of Russia, General Valery Gerasimov.

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