The Ukrainian military is increasing pressure on the occupying forces in the unliberated territories of the Kherson region, while the militants continue to create problems for the Russian military in the region: new attacks have been reported over the past day in anticipation of a possible general counteroffensive. Southern command of the Ukrainian troops.

On Monday evening, a group of partisans from the Ukrainian-Tatar organization Ates attacked a Russian checkpoint in the Kherson region, leaving no number of casualties among the attackers, the organization said.

The militants said they used an improvised explosive device to hit a National Guard position in Russian-held territory.

The Ates group, made up mostly of Ukrainians and Crimean Tatars, vowed to continue their resistance work.

At the same time, regular Ukrainian forces continue to raid beyond the Dnieper, from vacant sections of the “right” (western) bank of the river to the occupied “left” (eastern) bank, a Ukrainian official said on Tuesday. .

Russian troops have held the eastern bank of the Dnieper near Kherson since they retreated from the city in November after months of occupation, but Ukraine is expected to launch a counteroffensive in the spring to try to free up more territory.

Yuri Sobolevsky, deputy head of the Kherson regional administration, said the raids were intended to reduce the combat capability of Russian troops shelling the city of Kherson after they were forced to retreat.

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“Our army very often visits the left bank, making raids. The Armed Forces of Ukraine are working, and they are working very efficiently,” G. Sobolevsky said on Ukrainian television.

“The results will come, as they did on the right bank of Kherson, when, thanks to a complex and lengthy operation, we were able to liberate our lands with minimal losses for our army. The same thing is happening now on the left bank,” he said.

Military analysts say Ukraine is likely to launch a counterattack soon, and that one of the main targets could be to breach the southern land corridor between Russia and Russian-annexed Crimea. An important step towards achieving this goal would be the return of the entire territory of the Kherson region.

The US-based Institute for the Study of War said last week that Russian military bloggers had published enough maps to confirm that Ukrainian forces had taken up positions on the eastern bank of the Dnieper.

G. Sobolevsky did not elaborate, saying that the military operation requires silence.

Source: Reuters, The Jerusalem Post.