Posted on 07/12/2022 5:23:48 PM PDT by Mariner
KYIV (Reuters) -Ukraine said on Tuesday it had carried out a long-range rocket strike against Russian forces and military equipment in southern Ukraine, territory it says it is planning to retake in a counter-offensive using hundreds of thousands of troops.
The strike hit an ammunition dump in the town of Nova Kakhovka in the Kherson region and killed 52 people, Ukraine's military said. It came after Washington supplied Ukraine with advanced HIMARS mobile artillery systems which Kyiv says its forces are using with growing efficiency.
The town's Russia-installed authorities gave a different version of events. The Russian TASS news agencies reported they said that at least seven people had been killed in the attack and around 70 injured. A Russian-backed official in Kherson said at least seven people had been killed and that civilians and civilian infrastructure had been hit.
Reuters could not independently verify the battlefield accounts.
The area Ukraine struck is one that Russia seized after launching on Feb. 24 what Moscow called "a special military operation" in its fellow ex-Soviet neighbour and is of strategic importance with Black Sea access, a once thriving agricultural industry and a location just north of Russian-annexed Crimea.
Ukrainian government officials have spoken of efforts to marshal up to a million troops and of their aim to recapture southern parts of the country now under Russian control.
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Again.
Who believes them? Not Russia. They continue a build up in Donetsk and haven't moved forces to counter a Kherson offensive.
It's either a very sloppy feint, or it's for domestic consumption only.
Wouldn’t surprise me if the Ukrainians retake Kherson. Ten of thousand will die for Zelensky’s gay vision for Ukraine.
They were firing HIMARs in every direction.
“Let’s go die for gay marriage legalization!”
Gaytheon shares his vision. Trust me.
Gaytheon shares his vision. Trust me.
When the war eventually ends there will be a lot of Chads voting on the Future of the country.
The "We're all Gay, Now" talk is just to keep the Corporate/Woke Government money flowing their way.
When the War ends with Russia Annexing Luhansk/Donetsk in exchange for the Occupied south, Ukrainian men will call there wives in Europe and tell them "You can come home and make me a sammich, now".
Baghdad Bob has a job in Ukraine.
Population control
I thought it was millions a couple of days ago.
Strike killed 52 people. How do they know it was 52? Reuters can’t confirm it. This stuff increasingly struggles to pass the smell test.
DPA Update. 40 minute update on the front..
https://youtu.be/NMRgGJFIo1E
About 1 million in uniform now, including border guards and militia, according to various estimates. Not “millions”.
They certainly outnumber the maneuver units the Russians can scrape up by up to 3:1. They have a limited value offensively as they still lack firepower. But this overmatch in numbers is of great defensive value.
Thats one reason the Russians are no longer capable of operational maneuver and exploitation. They have been reduced to “nibbling”, at best, exploiting their firepower superiority in small segments of the front, without attempting to fully breakthrough and penetrate deeply. Even if the Russians could assemble some sort of mobile reserve to exploit a breakthrough, it would be advancing away from its firepower and into an enemy swarm equipped with powerful short range weapons.
That firepower superiority seems to have vanished entirely however. The last few days has seen a massive reduction in bombardments across the front, save in Kherson. It could be that the small number of US HIMARS really has crippled their artillery logistics. Or it could be that the Russians are restocking ammo. We shall see.
The Ukrainians try, at this time, to run a counter offensive in the south?
The Russian will have a clear avenue in the north.
The Ukrainians aint got enough manpower left.
Ubtil the Ukrainians get rid of the queer with a coating of veneer as president, they’ll keep getting pushed around.
I believe it.
I definitely wish Ukrainians well in killing the Russian invaders.
As a result of the strike of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on Novaya Kakhovka, warehouses with potassium nitrate exploded, the explosions continue. There are people injured. Damage was received: a hospital, a market and residential buildings. Windows flew out within a radius of two kilometers.
This was stated to Izvestia by the head of Novaya Kakhovka, Vladimir Leontiev. According to him, warehouses with mineral fertilizers were fired upon using American MLRS HIMARS.
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RIA Novosti publishes the consequences of the night strike of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on Nova Kakhovka.
Burning continues in the saltpeter warehouse, many infrastructure facilities are destroyed or damaged.
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The plant that produced equipment for hydroelectric power plants around the world was destroyed as a result of the shelling of Novaya Kakhovka - Vladimir Leontyev, head of the VGA.
At least 60 people are injured, 7 dead, and the number of casualties will rise as hundreds of people are trapped under rubble and locked in their homes.
Hundreds of houses and dozens of infrastructure facilities were damaged. Schools and kindergartens, hospitals and churches were also damaged.
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A humanitarian aid warehouse with 35 tons of cargo, including food for local residents, was destroyed during shelling by the APU of Nova Kakhovka, said Natalya Zarya, head of the humanitarian aid center.
“It was very important for the city, since no one receives either pensions or wages. About 35 tons remained in the warehouse after the last receipt of humanitarian aid, it was all completely burned down,” she said.
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The consequences of Ukraine’s strike on Novaya Kakhovka are comparable to the explosion in Beirut, where saltpeter exploded, this is a catastrophe for the city, Vladimir Leontiev, head of the city VGA, told RIA Novosti.
Not a chance in the world this will happen. UKR has claimed to capture Oleksandrivka, Stanislav and Shyrokla Balka are advancing on Tomyna Balka. UKR also claims to have liberated Kyselivka. All not so except for fighting in Oleksandrivka. Just like around Kharkov, UKR forces have been drawn away for the defense of Mikolaiev and are being systematically destroyed.
The Russians are not attacking Mikolaiev.
They certainly arent trying to advance in the Kherson region.
Where did I say they were?
“Just like around Kharkov, UKR forces have been drawn away for the defense of Mikolaiev and are being systematically destroyed.”
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