The defense forces of Ukraine managed to capture a Russian soldier in the Krynky area. Such a result is rare for this part of the front.
Points of attention
- The Ukrainian military successfully captured a Russian soldier near Krynky, marking a rare event in the area.
- Despite intense enemy shelling and airstrikes, Ukrainian forces continue to hold defenses in the destroyed village of Krynky on the left bank of the Kherson region.
- The captured Russian serviceman, a soldier of the 28th Motorized Rifle Regiment, can provide crucial information about the Russian contingent in the region.
- The left bank of the Kherson region remains a focal point for Russian assault attempts, with the occupation army making frequent but unsuccessful attacks.
- The ongoing conflict in Krynky highlights the resilience and determination of Ukrainian defenders in the face of relentless enemy aggression.
The Armed Forces captured a Russian soldier near Krynky
Since the beginning of the day on August 17, the Russian occupiers have conducted one assault on the positions of Ukrainian defenders on the islands located west of Krynyk, Kherson region.
This was stated by the speaker of the operational and strategic group of troops "Tavria" Dmytro Lykhova on the air of the telethon.
The attack came from the direction of the Cossack Camps, it was repulsed. And during this assault, one Russian serviceman was captured.
Dmytro Lykhova
Speaker of OSU "Tavria"
According to him, the Russian turned out to be a soldier of the 28th Motorized Rifle Regiment of the 70th Motorized Rifle Division of the 18th Combined Arms Army of the Russian Federation.
It is an infrequent phenomenon when Russian soldiers are captured on the bridgehead on the left bank of the Dnieper. Because the stay of our units there is connected with the forcing of the Dnieper, but it also happens... He will replenish the exchange fund and provide evidence about the Russian contingent, including on the left bank of the Dnieper in the Kherson region.
He specified that ferrying a captured Russian occupier to the right bank is a difficult task, as the boats of Ukrainian defenders are under constant drone strikes.
What is happening in the Krynyk area on the left bank of the Kherson region
According to Dmytro Lykhovy, the spokesman of the "Tavria" military command center, the Russian invaders almost completely destroyed Krynky on the left bank of the Kherson region, but the Ukrainian military continues to hold defenses in the area.
At the same time, the fact that the positions of Ukrainian forces in the village of Krynky were completely destroyed as a result of intense, prolonged enemy shelling and airstrikes was also taken into account. The village itself was almost completely destroyed. There is no way to hold a defense there, there is no way to get hold of any fortifications, and therefore, in the future, Ukrainian defenders are in other designated positions and bridgeheads and also on the left bank of the Dnieper.
The spokesman of the "Tavriya" OSUV emphasized that in the entire operational zone of the group, the left bank of the Kherson region is the most active area, because the occupying army of the Russian Federation conducts assault attempts here almost every day.
They are more compared to other segments of our battle line in our operational area, but these indicators are measured in numbers of about three or four per day, sometimes two. Sometimes there can be about a dozen... It's a little less intense than before, but Russian attempts to advance on these bridgeheads of ours continue, but they remain unsuccessful.
