The new video shows rare footage of the battles of the Ukrainian armed forces in Kherson, in which a Ukrainian tank destroys an infantry fighting vehicle of the Russian army by firing at it from close range.

Interestingly, the images also show mine anti-personnel vehicles (MRAPs) obtained by the Ukrainian armed forces from Turkey, which were most likely used to support infantry.

The video materials are geolocated, as if they were filmed near the village of Kostromka in the Kherson region, and the operations here are part of the shelling in the direction of the city of Nova Kakhovka.

In its latest assessment of hostilities in Ukraine, the Institute for the Study of War says that the Ukrainian military remains silent on the progress of the Ukrainian counteroffensive, but reports further destruction of Russian land lines of communication in the Kherson region.

“Ukrainian counteroffensive concretely degrades Russia’s logistical and administrative capabilities in occupied southern Ukraine,” ISW notes.

Information about the development of the situation at the front and footage during the hostilities still remain sporadic in the context that the Ukrainian presidency has been asking for since last Monday, when the Kyiv press announced the start of a counteroffensive in the south of the country. , compliance with the media obfuscation of the situation in order not to give information to the Russian defenders.

Counteroffensive on Kherson, a “brilliant” decision by the Ukrainians

General Mark Gertling, the former commander of US forces in Europe between 2011 and 2012, said yesterday that the decision by the military command in Kyiv to launch a counteroffensive on Kherson was “brilliant” and that the conditions were in place to see a large number of prisoners Russians in the coming weeks.

In an extended analysis posted on his Twitter page, Gertling noted that after the Ukrainians managed to stop Russia’s offensive in Donbas, launching their own counteroffensive in Kherson Oblast, where there is a large military presence, was a brilliant decision for several reasons. forces the Russians to stand with their backs to the river and restrict supply lines.

“Weak Russian leadership threw many battalions across the Dnipro because Putin wanted the cities of Kherson, Mykolaiv and, finally, Odesa. But there are only two bridges across the Dnipro on the M14 highway. If you destroy these bridges and logistics, isolated troops will become a problem for Russia,” the American officer explained.

The American general also briefly summarized the conclusions reached after 7 days of fighting in Kherson:

• in the coming weeks, we should expect a slow advance of Ukrainian forces;

• Ukrainian troops showed skill and offensive spirit;

• The military leadership of Russia is in a difficult position (whether to withdraw additional troops from Donbas to send them to Kherson).

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