Since the Ukrainian counterattack in November, Russia has been trying to retake the Kherson region. Now Putin is taking action against the failures.

KIEV – The Russian Defense Ministry has arrested two of its commanders, according to reports from military bloggers Ukraine war He was fired after failing to regain territory lost from the Ukrainian counteroffensive in the summer and fall of 2023. The two executives are said to have tried, among other things, to no avail. Threatening Ukrainian bases on the eastern bank of the Dnieper River in the Kherson region To destroy and push back the Ukrainian Armed Forces. The reports cannot be independently verified.

First, the American Research Center Institute for the study of war (ISW) reported on layoffs. These are said to be, on the one hand, Lieutenant General Arkady Marzov, commander of the Russian 18th Combined Arms Army, fighting near Krynki in the Kherson region, and, on the other hand, the commander of the 70th Motorized Rifle Regiment. Which is fighting near Robotyn, Zaporizhia region. Russian military bloggers did not mention the name of the second commander.

There is clearly a great deal of frustration after Kherson's bankruptcy: Putin is said to have fired several military commanders.

According to ISW, it is difficult to verify the messages posted on April 13 and 14. The fact is that the Ukrainian Armed Forces have already established several strategically important bridgeheads in eastern Kherson Oblast in November 2023 and cannot be pushed back. For Ukraine, the new rules were a step closer to regaining Crimea, which Russia annexed.

The Institute for War Studies analysis continued that soldiers of the “70th Motorized Rifle Regiment have been regularly launching counterattacks to retake territory in and around Robotyn since September 2023, and have suffered heavy losses.” Therefore, both Russian regiments failed to regain all the territories in the Zaporizhzhia and Kherson regions captured by Ukrainian attacks.

Kherson in southern Ukraine is in intense conflict – and new Russian leaders are expected to achieve long-awaited victories

ISW suspects that the Russian Defense Ministry wants to reliably ensure its country's success in the region in Ukraine, and has therefore expelled the leaders. Obviously, with the new leaders there will also be new conquests in the areas surrounding Robotyne and Krynky.

Southern Ukraine remains highly contested. Russian forces were recently able to advance near the bridgehead occupied by Ukraine in eastern Kherson. At the same time in the region Kherson increased the number of Russian deserters He is. (NZ)