Ukraine: "The heaviest of battles" yet to come

[WarGamer]

A senior Ukrainian official predicted late on Tuesday that “the heaviest of battles” have yet to come for the partially Russian-occupied strategic southern province of Kherson, where he said Moscow’s military is digging in to face Ukraine’s counteroffensive.


Ukrainian forces do not appear to have gained much ground in their counteroffensive in the Kherson region since early October. “With Kherson everything is clear. The Russians are replenishing, strengthening their grouping there,” Oleksiy Arestovych, adviser to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, said in an online video on Tuesday evening.

“It means that nobody is preparing to withdraw. On the contrary, the heaviest of battles is going to take place for Kherson,” according to Arestovych, who did not say when the battle might happen.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/10/26/russia-scrambles-to-increase-weapons-production-for-ukraine-war







From a historical perspective and as one who studies war... this will be interesting. It'll be the first major static battle of the war and the first time the Russians will be on defense from reinforced positions.

Add to that "Father Winter" and the interest escalates.

Although Kherson didn't host a major battle in WW2... the Battle of Kherson 2022/2023 will certainly look a lot like WW2 battles in Ukraine.

[Xolodno]

1. It will get worse.

December will roughly be the two month mark since mobilization. As is required for training purposes under their doctrine. I've seen plenty of twitter feeds of equipment being moved from other parts of Russia towards bases near Ukraine. They could start another offensive in time unless a cease fire is declared. But it will get very bloody, evacuating Kherson on the Russian side shows both side are about to go for it all here.

[reymega life]

2. I FEAR THAT RUSSIA WILL DROP NUKE ON KIEV

resulting in hundreds of thousands killed

[brush]

3. Enjoy your stay here.

[Botany]

4. "Where he said Moscow's military is digging in."

Good let them die by the thousands where they are digging in.

&t=1s

[mitch96]

5. Then again those weily Ukrainians might be setting up a sucker punch in the south while

making massive attacks in the north. They have done that before. The ruzzians moved a bunch of their best men and materials to the Kherson reigion only to have the UKR attack in the north..
A thought...
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