The AFU 35th and 36th Naval Infantry Brigades (Marines) have liberated the village of #Poima in the occupied left-bank of Kherson and continue their advance.
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Russian Mil-analyst Rybar
Kherson direction: Activity of the APU on the left bank, the situation as of 18.00 on October 17, 2023
Last night, at least four groups of then AFU 35th and 36th Marine Brigade from the Katran strike group landed at the railway bridge on Oleshkynsky Island and tried to advance to #Pishchanivka and #Oleshky.
As a result of artillery fire on enemy movement areas, eight people were injured. The advance of the Marines was suspended, and the wounded were transferred to the shore for evacuation.
In the afternoon, two assault groups of the AFU 35th and 36th Marine Brigades, after regrouping, continued their attack along the railway bridge. As a result of the breakthrough, with the support of artillery and FPV drones, the Marines were able to occupy the village of #Poima.
There, enemy units took up a perimeter defense, and after reinforcements arrived, they reached the northern outskirts of Pishchanivka. According to some reports, several houses on the northern outskirts were occupied by Ukrainian formations.
The tactical success of the assault detachments of the 36th brigade creates the preconditions for a more active entry of the Katran strike group into battles in the Kherson direction .
This is indirectly confirmed by the movement of counter-battery weapons to the contact line, such as the Cobra and AN/TPQ-36 radars, as well as Bukovel electronic warfare stations, which, as a rule, are kept at a distance because of their value.
And the question arises: how was such a breakthrough allowed to reach two populated areas? We wrote for several months that there is a bridgehead of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the island zone and in some areas of the left bank of the Dnieper, but no measures were taken. I would like to believe that the threat will now be taken more seriously.
Looking at the actions of the APU, there are clearly consistent attempts to expand the bridgehead before the offensive. Today's attack on the airfield in #Berdyansk is one of the preparatory stages.
The use of ATACMS increases the threat level for aviation even in the deep rear, which may force the command to pull it further away from the line of contact. This will increase the period from departure to the involvement of the Russian Air Force to support ground forces, which is beneficial for the AFU in the south.
Given that the Berdyansk airfield is out of action for a while, the next target is likely to be Dzhankoy and other bases in the Crimea. They are one of the main obstacles to conducting a full-scale operation on the Dnieper.
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