They didn't even make it to the middle: the Defense Forces reacted to the Russian attempt to cross the Dnipro
Kyiv • UNN
During the shelling of Kherson, a Russian group tried to force the Dnipro River in the area of Antonivskyi Bridge. The Ukrainian defense forces prevented the crossing attempt, preventing the enemy from reaching even the middle of the river.
During yesterday's shelling of Kherson and its suburbs, a small group of Russians tried to cross to the right bank near Antonivskyi Bridge. However, the occupants did not even reach the middle of the Dnipro. This was stated by the spokesman for the Southern Defense Forces Vladyslav Voloshyn during a telethon, UNN reports.
Voloshyn was asked to comment on the Russian attempt to force the Dnipro River near Kherson.
"Let's start with the fact that we report every day, and the enemy makes several such attempts to force their way to the islands controlled by the Ukrainian Defense Forces and to the right bank. These are his attempts to capture a certain bridgehead on the right bank, to deploy firepower there and try to exert the greatest influence, to use shelling on Kherson and other cities located on the right bank," said Voloshyn.
According to him, nothing extraordinary happened yesterday.
"Yesterday, the enemy increased the number of artillery attacks on Kherson and the suburbs, on some settlements on the right bank. And during this shelling, a group of several people, a small group, tried to cross in the area of Antonivsky Bridge. However, the Defense Forces were proactive, and some enemy vehicles did not even have time to "unshroud" themselves to start shelling. They did not even reach the middle of the Dnipro ," Voloshyn said.
Addendum
On December 20, the Russians unleashed a real hell in Kherson in the morning, starting to bombard the city with massive fire at 5 am. The enemy attacked residential buildings, social and critical infrastructure. About 1,000 shells arrived.
According to BBC Ukraine, the Russian military also attempted to cross the Dnipro and land near Kherson.
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy statedthat Russian occupants have intensified their activities in the Kherson sector. The Ukrainian military repelled an attempt by Russian forces there.
