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Day 810.
Today, quite a few information came out from Chersonia
Here Ukrainians proceed to make problems for Russians on the another side of Dnieper, utilizing all chance to regain territory and establish fresh footholds
The last stunning decision of Ukrainian forces was the liberation of Nestryga Island
Nestryga is 1 of the largest islands in the Dniepr Delta, southwest of the town of Cherson and plays an crucial tactical function due to its location.
This fact was confirmed by the spokesperson for the confederate Defence Forces of Ukraine Dmytro Pletenczuk, who stated that there are respective crucial reasons behind this move
Firstly, the liberation of the island will importantly improve the quality of anti-sabotage activities.
Secondly, it plays an crucial function in the Ukrainian strategy in the region, consisting in dividing battles by distracting the Russians from the bridgehead in Krynka, which will relieve the Ukrainian forces there.
Thirdly, it is of vital tactical importance due to the fact that it prevents the enemy from approaching Ukrainian positions on their side of the river and is the last island close the enemy shore.
The first phase of the conflict for the island began with the Ukrainian forces utilizing the Welycan village, retrieved in the fall of 2022 during the counteroffensive, as the starting point from which they crossed the river at dawn, utilizing darkness as a shield, which can be seen on the published geolocation of Ukrainian soldiers.
The liberation was publically confirmed by Ukrainian commander-in-chief General Alexander Syrian, meaning the second phase of the conflict for the island.
The Russians tried to surprise the Ukrainians before the operation ended with fierce attacks that began with the mass shelling of islands and continued attempts to land their forces to engage Ukrainian troops on the ground
Ukrainians expected this and utilized the night to their advantage, not only carrying more soldiers and supplies to the island, but besides targeting Russian forces across the river with mortars and drones to disrupt their counterattacks.
As you may recall, the Russians have problems in this section of the front due to the inability to wage electronic warfare and drones
One Russian military blogger called it a terrible problem for their troops in this direction.
Geolocation of movie material from 1 of the Russian landing attempts confirms this statement
A Russian motorboat carrying about 10 soldiers moved at advanced velocity across the river, but was monitored by a Ukrainian reflection drone.
Shortly thereafter, she was hit by an FPV drone that sank the boat, and the impact caused the crew to fall into the water.
Image from the aftermath shows an interesting fact: how dense the air is in the region and how dangerous it is for both sides to carry this movement across
If you look more closely, you can see 2 another drones floating above the site of a successful Ukrainian strike and looking for possible Russian survivors to finish.
Due to all these costly attempts by the Russians, the Institute for the survey of War stated that although Russian sources claimed the island was in the grey area, all their attempts were rejected by dense Ukrainian fire and the attackers suffered crucial losses
This situation forced the Russians to intensify counter-battery efforts in the region utilizing all available means, including carrying out targeted bombings on the western bank of Dnieper and targeting Ukrainian resources with Lancet drones,
as in this geolocation movie that shows the demolition of Ukrainian whaubic M777.
This paved the way for the 4th phase of the conflict of Nestryga Island
The Russian origin claims that typically seasonally advanced water levels complicate all offensive operations, leading to Russian forces trying to take a dangerous approach, utilizing water scooters to scope the island to usage their higher speed, but this again did not lead to any success.
In uncommon cases, erstwhile they managed to scope the shore, they were rapidly spotted and eliminated by Ukrainians, as can be seen from this movie material.
Ukrainian sources study that the Russians lose about 115 soldiers each day in an effort to recover the island, half of which were killed and the another half wounded.
In general, Ukrainian forces managed to surprise the Russians and free Nestryga Island to gain an crucial tactical position that secured their shore, but besides allowed them to long Russian forces on the another side.
Source: Reports from Ukraine
