Ukraine has pushed Russia back by twelve miles in the south as dramatic footage shows the blistering speed of attacks that have sent Vladimir Putin’s men running for their lives.
Videos taken in Kherson in current days show Ukrainian forces storming Russian defences in American-made Humvees under artillery fire, and soldiers moving en masse across fields in the face of the retreating foe.
Britain’s MoD said that Ukraine’s offensive in Kherson, which has been grinding on for more than two months, entered a new phase on October 2 with Kyiv’s men advancing twelve miles down the Inhulets and Dnipro rivers.
Meanwhile, more footage shows Ukrainian soldiers fighting near the metropolis of Lyman, in the north of the country, which fell to Kyiv’s men at the weekend, exposing other Russian positions in the Donbas to further attacks.
The slew of the video was posted online by pro-Ukraine accounts after weeks of near-total silence from the frontlines as troops carried out their aggression against Russia. Still, now, as they take territory and capture dozens of towns, footage documenting their battlefield heroics has been released.
Two extremely dramatic pieces of footage show American-made Humvees leading a charge across fields in Kherson as Russian mortar shells fell around them.
Steering between shell holes and what seemed to be destroyed or abandoned Russian vehicles, the Humvees reached a tree line and offloaded dozens of troops who then continued to attack.
More footage shows Ukrainian soldiers riding on top of an armoured vehicle somewhere along a forest road in Kherson when they struck two mines.
The troops flew off the top of the vehicle and into a nearby ditch where they started shooting into nearby trees believing they were being shot at.
Fortunately, it seems that whichever Russian troops laid the mines were not nearby at the time, and none of the Ukrainian soldiers was injured.
Tallying up three days of extreme activity in Kherson, British military intelligence said that Ukrainian units had pushed the front line forwards by up to 20km (12 miles).
The Ministry of Defence said that Russian forces had typically broken contact and withdrawn, rather than stand and fight, although added that Ukraine did not yet endanger the main Russian defensive positions.
However, Vladimir Putin’s commanders had put themselves in a difficult situation, and the MoD states to stay and defend the west bank of the Dnipro as Vladimir Putin is believed to have ordered or retreat across the river to more suitable places on the other side.
This is, of course, excellent. However, why are they not calling for a truce? And I see that this story has replaced the one about the enormous systematic Ukrainian war crimes, but not a huge surprise I suppose.
Of course, the Ukrainians are brave, but when it comes down to it, it’s all about killing each other, although I’m not doubting that the Russian vermin need to be destroyed because there is no doubt in my mind that Vladimir Putin will never allow for peace talks, and there will be no peace until he’s gone, and let’s hope that the Russian soldiers know their way back to Russia and don’t stop running until they get there.
Losers, particularly loser dictators don’t usually last long after a disastrous military defeat, and relatively soon, the Russian elite will decide it’s in their best interest to ditch Vladimir Putin, and Putin should be ashamed of himself for sending untrained soldiers to die because of his own ego.
However, I can see Vladimir Putin reacting by sending thousands of more Russian to their deaths while he sits in a bunker thousands of miles away stressing that one of his inner circles will assassinate him.
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