ISW is now prepared to assess that Ukrainian forces have broken through Russian field fortifications west of Verbove in western Zaporizhia Oblast. These fortifications are not the final defensive line in Russia’s defense in depth in western Zaporizhia O
At the beginning of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, there were about 1,500 military personnel to defend the country's south, mostly in Kherson Oblast, while the Russians had up to 20,000 people and a 20-fold advantage in equipment.
The bridges to Crimea in Chonhar have been mined since 2014, but they were not blown up at the beginning of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine. The bridge from Henichesk to Arabat Spit was partially blown up, and the bridges across the Dnipro River in Kherson and Nova Kakhovka were not mined at all.
The Russian troops cleared minefields in front of platoon strongholds in Kherson Oblast with rocket artillery at the beginning of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Source: Major General Andrii Sokolov, who at the beginning of the invasion was Deputy Commander of the Operational Command Pivden (South) and was in charge of the Pivden grouping of troops, in an interview with Ukrainska Pravda Details: Sokolov said he met the first day of the war at his command post in front of a monitor with a Vir