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Ukraine Invasion Day 263: Kherson control consolidated [1]

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Date: 2022-11-12

Withdrawal or retreat, the focus will remain on the approaching winter.

Ukrainian troops made major territorial gains throughout Kherson Oblast on November 11 and will continue consolidating control of the western bank in the coming days . Geolocated footage and imagery shows that Ukrainian forces have advanced into Kherson City likely along the T1501 highway from the west and M14 from the north and have taken control of Kherson City and several surrounding settlements along these roads.[5] The Ukrainian Main Intelligence Directorate (GUR) notably confirmed that Ukrainian troops advanced into Kherson City, and geolocated social media footage shows civilians greeting Ukrainian troops in the center of Kherson City.[6] Ukrainian troops also notably took control of Kyselivka and Chornobaivka, two critical settlements along the M14 northwest of Kherson City.[7] Geolocated social media additionally shows that Ukrainian troops have advanced south along T1505 highway from positions in Snihurivka (northeast of the Kherson-Mykolaiv Oblast border) and liberated several settlements on this line, including Lymanets and Inhulets.[8] Ukrainian forces entered Beryslav (60km east of Kherson City), and social media footage provides evidence of Ukrainian troops in settlements along the P47 highway that runs westward from the Beryslav area towards Kherson City.[9] Footage posted to Telegram notably shows Ukrainian troops in Tiahynka, a settlement between Kherson City and Beryslav, directly on the western shore of the Dnipro River.[10] Ukrainian forces will continue to drive down major roads towards the Dnipro River and liberate additional settlements in the coming days.

Ukrainian special forces and partisan forces will maintain a steady momentum of small-scale attacks behind Russian lines, said Justin Bronk, a senior research fellow in military sciences at the Royal United Services Institute, a defense analysis organization in London.

There was evidence that Ukraine was continuing to strike deep behind Russian lines, with reports of rocket strikes on Russian forces regrouping in several locations along the eastern bank, and of strikes in recent days on the southern cities of Melitopol and Henichesk, near the Black Sea coast, more than 40 miles from the front.

The drawing of a new front line at the southern reaches of the Dnipro, with the two sides controlling opposite banks, will essentially bring a halt on the Kherson front, military analysts said. The river’s immense width and further damage to the main Antonivksy Bridge by departing Russian troops make it extremely difficult and risky for Ukrainian troops to try to pursue the retreating Russian forces across the water.

But the government in Kyiv, Ukraine’s capital, has been adamant that a stalemate would simply cement Russian gains, suggesting that, even if conditions force Ukraine to slow its offensives, it does not plan to stop them. There has been a chorus of conflicting predictions by military analysts and others, inside and outside Ukraine, about what to expect next, and Ukrainian soldiers often delight in the military command’s ability to obscure its intentions and keep everyone guessing.

Many analysts and diplomats have talked about the war entering a period of stasis during the cold of winter, with both militaries needing to rebuild. Some leaders — most notably , Gen. Mark A. Milley, the chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff, on Thursday — have suggested that a lull in fighting would be a good time for talks.

Kherson liberation chronicles, from Ukrainian social media: When soldiers enter to clear a village that was occupied by Russia and a local girl comes out with a violin to play the Ukrainian anthem. pic.twitter.com/jcWNcquHZ4

Here on Twitter we are often asked how we come up with daily statistics of enemy losses. The answer is: we do so very thoroughly and precisely with no room for error. And to verify, a parallel calculation is being made in every Ukrainian home. pic.twitter.com/g8GhjVEDNM

#Ukraine : 3. And if this one doesn’t tug at your heart strings, nothing will! #tweet100 https://t.co/efjUiJA4Vs

#Ukraine : 7. UA forces outside #Kherson city are continuing their clean up of the whole area west of the Dnipro River. UA troops have reached #Burhunka , #Antonivka and #Kizomyz on the Black Sea coast. Just small pockets remaining. #tweet100 (Maps courtesy of @Tendar ) pic.twitter.com/WsLmgU2qQy

#Ukraine : 9. Reports tonight, 12/11, that there are explosions around #Chaplynka in the southern part of #Kherson region where the Russians are thought to have moved a lot of their equipment from West of the Dnipro river. Slava Ukraini! Not resting on their laurels! #tweet100

#Ukraine : 11. The Russians reportedly blew the roadway across the #NovaKharhovka dam, NE of #Kherson after leaving. Hopefully, the dam structure itself is not threatened. #tweet100 https://t.co/iVGyGyG99R

#Ukraine : 13: UA forces are also reported to be attacking #Kuzemivka not far from #Svatove . (Map courtesy of @Tendar ) #tweet100 pic.twitter.com/BbM9JDbdA4

#Ukraine : 18. Lastly, it appears that Banksy, the famous but anonymous UK artist, has been in Ukraine (confirmed by him). These pictures appeared in #Borodyanka and around Kiyiv & surrounding area. Best is child throwing Putin in judo! #tweet100 pic.twitter.com/BxYNemCGSD

The next major river crossing, at the Kakhovka hydroelectric dam, was also significantly damaged . The road over the dam, which is about 30 miles upstream from the Antonivsky Bridge, was one of the last major crossings left to Russian forces.

The Antonivsky Bridge, the main crossing over the Dnipro River into Kherson, was heavily damaged in an explosion on Friday morning , which would make it difficult for Ukrainian troops to pursue Russian soldiers east of the river. But it also gave residents a measure of confidence that Russian troops could not easily return.

OSINTdefender @sentdefender There have been some Unconfirmed Reports today that Ukrainian Forces have launched a Small-Scale Amphibious Operation on the Kinburn Peninsula in "Biloberezhia Sviatoslava" National Park which connects to Russian-Occupied Territory on the Eastern Side of the Dnipro River.

x “It will be the same in Henichesk and Melitopol. We will also come to all our cities and villages of Donbas. We will definitely see how people with Ukrainian flags, which they keep there, will meet the Ukrainian forces in Crimea.” ⁦@ZelenskyyUa⁩ https://t.co/EyWjtwQL5M — Mick Ryan, AM (@WarintheFuture) November 12, 2022

x An ammunition depot abandoned by Russian troops in the village of Blahodatne, 20 km north of Kherson. Villagers said Russians had throughout the occupation broke into vacant homes and looted them, removing furniture, televisions, stoves and refrigerators. https://t.co/LvD1SYlRNn pic.twitter.com/7HYeJkzmo6 — Paul Jawin (@PaulJawin) November 12, 2022

x Will talk about this a little tomorrow in the update, but HIMARS is at this point playing a role very similar to a mix of tactical and short range strategic AirPower in WWII. It’s just relatively cheaper and easier to deploy. If you can extend its range with ATACMS….. https://t.co/BYsrU02Tjm — Phillips P. OBrien (@PhillipsPOBrien) November 12, 2022

x “Ukraine is maybe the most important place in the world right now, and the fate of freedom writ large really does hang on what happens in Ukraine,” says historian @TimothyDSnyder, who’s teaching an open class on the history of Ukraine at Yale. pic.twitter.com/Rphpy5JgOB — Christiane Amanpour (@amanpour) November 11, 2022

x Alexander Dugin, Putin's brain, Putin's ideologue, who wants to erase Ukraine from the world map and has long and constantly called for the killing of opponents of Russia.

Due to the defeat in Kherson, Alexander Dugin has called for execution of Vladimir Putin.

So it began 👏👏 pic.twitter.com/hqndvszy2Z — Zuzana Hviezdicka (@ZHviezdicka) November 12, 2022

Translation from @wartranslated . Original post was a Telegram chat which later got deleted, but Internet never forgets.Translation from

The first post-Putin leader will definitely be even more to the right of Putin. An extreme nationalist. But he will probably be ousted, too, within months. Long-term, Russia could end up like Serbia - embittered, broken, filled with seething hatred and resentment. Obsessed with h

Obsessed with hatred, supporting warmongers to fulfill its revenge, and infected with racism out of bitterness.

How it started: Dugin tells Putin that Ukraine doesn't exist.

Translation from @wartranslated . Some people spoke about Dugin's letter from yesterday, here's the full translation. He states that Russian authorities reached the limit of what they can surrender. He blames Putin directly for the failures and low-key threatens him with death.Translation from

Putin intends to “freeze” the conflict while his much-damaged army regroups and trains the large numbers of newly mobilised soldiers.

theguardian.com/world/2022/nov…

I don't think the Ukrainians are going freeze the conflict.🇺🇦✌️ Putin ‘in no rush’ as Kherson retreat signals change of strategy

People who question Putin tend to have short lives.

Dugin maybe knows what really happened to his daughter

Ask not for whom the window opens; it opens for thee

Another person is going to accidentally fall of a window. Dugin obviously wants to join his daughter very quickly.People who question Putin tend to have short lives.Dugin maybe knows what really happened to his daughterAsk not for whom the window opens; it opens for theeAnother person is going to accidentally fall of a window.

I mean, Dugin clearly says that, if Putin wants to survive in this conflict, Russia has to go full NAZI or BUST. He never says that Putin himself has to go. He is, in fact, very cautious in his tone.

I wonder how Dugin will react when Ukraine kicks Russia out of Crimea?

Dugin said it indirectly. It's implied what Putin's responsibility is in this situation, but he didn't explicitly say it.

"King of the rains" is pretty explicit. It's a reference to the tribes where a king's main responsibility is rain and that they kill their king during drought.

Did somebody say Putin is scared to death by the uprising of reality? We should never forget that Dugin and other extreme Russian and world's nationalists and terrorists like him want to see Putin level Ukraine with nuclear weapons...Did somebody say Putin is scared to death by the uprising of reality?

Dugin does not call for Putins death explicitly. But Dugin says that nothing more can be surrendered, and the responsibility for this is Putin's.

After Dugin's daughter was killed in the attack, he has nothing to lose and is most likely full of revenge on Ukrainians and resentment

After Dugin's daughter was killed in the attack, he has nothing to lose and is most likely full of revenge on Ukrainians and resentment against Putin that this attack was allowed at all. You may now wonder if his daughter was the right target for the attack instead of him.🤔

Nice if they could transition back towards a semblance of democracy and a free press so the people of Russia can see what until now has been hidden from them. Russians, wake up, and clean up the terrorist oligarchic corrupt Putin's Augius stable!Nice if they could transition back towards a semblance of democracy and a free press so the people of Russia can see what until now has been hidden from them.

"The limit has been reached"? What will Dugin say when Svatove is taken back later this month?

Nice if they could transition back towards a semblance of democracy and a free press so the people of Russia can see what until now has been hidden from them.

An interesting question - but Russia has been under some form of autocratic rule for five centuries, unless you are referring to the short stint in the 90s as democracy in Russia. But this whole war could indeed be the trigger for societal change.

COPIUM (uncountable) (Internet slang, neologism, derogatory, humorous)

A fictional or metaphorical opiate taken in order to cope when one is faced with loss. ULTRA COPIUMCOPIUM (uncountable) (Internet slang, neologism, derogatory, humorous)A fictional or metaphorical opiate taken in order to cope when one is faced with loss.

Nothing has begun until Putin is arrested or killed.

Alexandr Dugin, Putin's brain, Putin's ideologue, who wants to erase Ukraine from the world map and has long and constantly called for the killing of opponents of Russia. What begins? This is straight defeat on the battlefield.Nothing has begun until Putin is arrested or killed.Alexandr Dugin, Putin's brain, Putin's ideologue, who wants to erase Ukraine from the world map and has long and constantly called for the killing of opponents of Russia.

Alexander Dugin, Putin's brain, Putin's ideologue, who wants to erase Ukraine from the world map and has long and constantly called for the killing of opponents of Russia.

Due to the defeat in Kherson, Alexander Dugin has called for execution of Vladimir Putin.

So it began 👏👏

Dugin is referencing James George-Frazer, who wrote the masterpiece, The Golden Bough. Here is the relevant passage: Due to the defeat in Kherson, Alexander Dugin has called for execution of Vladimir Putin.Dugin is referencing James George-Frazer, who wrote the masterpiece, The Golden Bough. Here is the relevant passage:

Last tea for Alexander Dugin

Russian ‘philosopher’ understands the weakness of autocracy - over 2000 years after the ancient Greeks figured it out.

Dugin is just looking for his window of opportunity. It will be 5th floor.

Dugin will not be around much longer. He has already been the target of an assassination

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