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Happy new year >

Holy shit! It’s widely been believed that Ukraine would prefer to not push across the Dniper and move south back towards Mariupol. If anything this means Russia isn’t capable as the West believed at holding off any river crossings. (Even if this is a small one). >

Ukraine has done a number of successful river crossing already, in the Kharkiv offensive 
This probably does not prelude a full scale push across the Dniper tho, logistical challenges would be intense. Makes more sense to push south to Melitopol and cut the Russian force in two >

Hell, the Russians had issues supplying the front north of the river. And there was a partial bridge, a pontoon bridge, and various tugs.
Now there is no bridge, the pontoons were sunk, and I'm assuming the tugs are gone too. >

Brilliant news! >

This is the best tl;dr I could make, original reduced by 45%. (I'm a bot)


Oleksii Honcharenko, a parliamentarian of the European Solidarity party, reported that as of the evening of 2 January, Ukrainian Armed Forces liberated the island of Velykyi Potomkin between the left and right banks of the Dnipro River in Kherson Oblast.
Officially, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine has not yet commented on the information on the liberation of the island.
In particular, on 15 December, the General Staff reported that the invaders had forcibly evacuated Ukrainian citizens living on the island of Velykyi Potomkin near the city of Kherson to the territories still under the control of the Russian invaders.


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So, march to Crimea soon after? >

This is the best tl;dr I could make, original reduced by 45%. (I'm a bot)


Oleksii Honcharenko, a parliamentarian of the European Solidarity party, reported that as of the evening of 2 January, Ukrainian Armed Forces liberated the island of Velykyi Potomkin between the left and right banks of the Dnipro River in Kherson Oblast.
Officially, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine has not yet commented on the information on the liberation of the island.
In particular, on 15 December, the General Staff reported that the invaders had forcibly evacuated Ukrainian citizens living on the island of Velykyi Potomkin near the city of Kherson to the territories still under the control of the Russian invaders.


Extended Summary | FAQ | Feedback | Top keywords: island^#1 Ukrainian^#2 Forces^#3 Kherson^#4 invaders^#5 >

It's just another "twitter" liberation. Ukraine usually makes more than one photo of their success operations. >

Yeah, it hasn't been announced by any Ukrainian authority.  

Oleksii Honcharenko, a parliamentarian of the European Solidarity party, reported... 

Who's this guy any why does he think he can break the news on military operations before their own government?  
Alternative theory: its the start of a psyop to draw RU forces to the tip of Kherson province.
Regardless, it will be good to get Kherson city further out of shelling range. >

Krok Tan krok >

Russia is definitely not the military power we thought they were. I was listening to radio four they have less than 65 operational tanks!
So they’ve made a massive miscalculation in trying to make Russia great, again The’ve destroy what they already have