The banks of the Dnieper river, which separates the areas managed by Russia and Ukraine, have been the scene of “small-scale” combating between the 2 events within the final week, in keeping with the UK Intelligence providers, which detects Ukrainian actions to attempt to set up new passageways on the jap financial institution.
The British report, shared this Monday by the Ministry of Protection, detects an uptick in skirmishes that additionally extends to the estuary space, to manage small islets.
The Ukrainian forces could be benefiting from the rotation actions of the Russian troops, whose commanders even have the “dilemma” of figuring out whether or not to strengthen positions on this space or choose as an alternative to redirect troops in the direction of the primary foci of the counteroffensive launched by Kiev, additional east.
The Dnieper River has geographically and symbolically marked the separation between the areas managed by the 2 sides in current months. In October 2022, Russian forces used it to evacuate positions within the metropolis of Kherson, retaken by Ukrainian authorities in November.