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Ukraine update: Snihurivka, Kyselivka, Bruskynske liberated. Ukraine advances across Kherson region [1]

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Date: 2022-11-10

Kherson awaits.

With the sunrise in Ukraine, the images and videos started to appear, and all the best news of Wednesday was confirmed. The fortress town of Snihurivka, which has long guarded any access to the city of Kherson from the northwest and had resisted months of assaults, has been totally liberated.

And that’s just one part of the larger retreat that appears to be going on across the region. After several false starts and false claims, this Russian withdrawal is the real deal. On the northern border, Ukraine has reportedly liberated Piatykhatky, Sadok, Bezvodne, Ishchenka, and Bruskynske. That last one has long been a Russian strongpoint, fortified after Ukraine first established a bridgehead across the Inhulets River south of Davydiv Brid over three months ago. Now it looks like this.

In that Bruskynske video, one of the Ukrainian troops handily holds up his iPhone, showing that the town was actually liberated early on Wednesday afternoon. By now it’s unclear just how far Ukrainian forces may have advanced, or where they’ve run into resistance. However, there are reports that Russian forces have not left some areas, which may give an idea of where Russia is attempting to hold a fallback position as it withdraws toward the crossing at Kherson and Nova Kakhovka.

Confirmed areas liberated by Ukraine as of Thursday morning. Open image in another tab for a closer look.

That loop reaching up in the middle of this area represents a zone in which locals have reported that Russian forces are still present. Best guess as to why it may be is that Russia is trying to guard the highway intersection west of Stepne to prevent a rapid advance by Ukraine to Beryslav. Something similar is going on along the Dnipro, where Russia also appears to be guarding that highway.

However, other videos on Thursday morning show Ukrainian forces advancing rapidly down highways littered with abandoned Russian vehicles. So this tactic may not be holding. Stay tuned through the day to see if these areas also begin to appear on the list of liberated locations.

But as big as what’s happening north of Beryslav may be, there’s another liberation to report west of Kherson city that may be as big, or bigger, than anything else so far.

Confirmed areas liberated by Ukraine as of Thursday morning. Open image in another tab for a closer look.

Though I’ve yet to see videos of Ukrainian forces walking through Kyselivka, enough reliable sources have reported this now that I’m considering it confirmed. Not only was this another fortified position that’s been fought over for months (Ukraine actually managed to free it at one point only to have Russia surge back), Kyselivka is only 20 kilometers from Kherson, right down a major highway.

Previously, Russian forces had taken steps to harden areas around Chornobaivka to safeguard the approach to Kherson. That may still be the case. With the liberation of Pravdyne, which was confirmed on Wednesday, today will also be a day to watch for additional reports and what they reveal about Ukraine’s approach to the city itself.

Meanwhile in Kherson city, Russian forces have stopped any attempt to evacuate civilians. Why? Because of a reported “lack of interest.” In other words, with liberation on their doorstep and the quislings already gone, no one in Kherson wants to leave.

They want to be there to welcome the Ukrainian troops, as they welcome Kherson home.

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