After Kherson success, Kyiv vows to keep driving out Russia

[Omaha Steve]

Source: AP

By SAM MEDNICK and JOHN LEICESTER

MYKOLAIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine’s president vowed to keep pushing Russian forces out of his country after they withdrew from Kherson, leaving behind devastation, hunger and booby traps in the southern Ukrainian city.

The Russian retreat from Kherson marked a triumphant milestone in Ukraine’s pushback against Moscow’s invasion almost nine months ago. Kherson residents hugged and kissed the arriving Ukrainian troops in rapturous scenes.

“We will see many more such greetings” of Ukrainian soldiers liberating Russian-held territory,” President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in his nightly video address Saturday.

He pledged to the people in Ukrainian cities and villages that are still under occupation: “We don’t forget anyone; we won’t leave anyone.”



Ukrainians gather in downtown to celebrate the recapturing of their city Kherson, Ukraine, Saturday, Nov. 12, 2022. People across Ukraine awoke from a night of jubilant celebrating after the Kremlin announced its troops had withdrawn to the other side of the Dnieper River from Kherson. The Ukrainian military said it was overseeing "stabilization measures" around the city to make sure it was safe. (AP Photo/Yevhenii Zavhorodnii)


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[oldsoftie]

1. Just remember to protect your flanks & supply lines guys. Don't get carried away.

MUST be able to get ammo food & fuel

[Model35mech]

2. With bridges blown in Kherson Oblast crossing the Dniper becomes hard

Ukraine advanced slowly in the past month, because it is, after all, a very hard slog.

With the bridges out, crossing the Dniper is going to be very difficult. If the winter is colder than usual, having the AFU cross the floodplain to move east may be a bit facilitated, but easy? probably not.

[orangecrush]

3. KICK

[flyfreebird]

4. Hey, hey, Rise up

I"ll go out on a limb and predict, once Ucrane forces reach Sievieronedontsk, it" over. Russia will be on it"s knees.