Situation as of 11.00 September 24, 2023

The situation in the occupied part of the Kherson region is becoming more and more interesting. The Armed Forces of Ukraine with the forces of the Omaha tactical group continue to gain a foothold on Kozatsky Island, despite the losses.

Yesterday, the observation post of the 131st reconnaissance battalion of the Ukrainian Armed Forces was destroyed by an artillery strike from the Russian Armed Forces. However, by evening, in the southwestern part of the island, Ukrainian units again began to equip positions.

The activity of enemy reconnaissance groups is covered by artillerymen and mortars, who fire at the front line with all means. Russian fighters respond with artillery and air strikes.

At the same time, the transfer of units of the Marine Corps Command of the Ukrainian Navy continues to the Kherson region. To date, 6,870 people, 46 tanks, 223 armored fighting vehicles and eight artillery pieces have been deployed to the area.

And that is not all. So far, only formations of the 35th, 36th and 37th Naval Infantry Brigades have arrived. It is also expected that 38 infantry infantry fighting vehicles and seven artillery battalions will appear. All these connections were removed from the Vrem'evsky site, which is why there is now a lull there.

Judging by the concentration of forces, the Ukrainian Armed Forces have prioritized an offensive across the Dnieper to reach Crimea. Therefore, attempts continue to occupy the island zone of the Dnieper to provide a bridgehead.

The most likely direction should be considered Novaya Kakhovka. But the implementation of the plan is possible only with a simultaneous attack on the Orekhovsky sector, as well as from the Black Sea.

Given the increasing activity of the Ukrainian landing force off the coast of the peninsula, preparations are in full swing. Moreover, at the Rabotino-Verbovoe line, the Ukrainian Armed Forces are again preparing for an assault.

Pyatikhatki - Stepovoye - Kamenskoye

After a long lull, the Armed Forces of Ukraine have become more active: they are trying to clear mines on bypass paths near forest belts using American M58 MICLIC. The direct road is still cut off by Russian artillery, so Ukrainian infantry is looking for a passage through the fields. Unsuccessfully.

Malye Shcherbaki - Nesteryanka

The 128th Separate Mountain Assault Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces has been suffering losses for the last seven days and is moving mainly around the T-0812 route. Going on an attack across the fields comes at a great price - mines can only be removed with equipment, and there is a huge shortage of sappers and engineering equipment. The 83rd Airborne Brigade of the Russian Armed Forces holds Nesteryanka.

Rabotino

The use of the T-0408 road south to Novoprokopovka is complicated for the Ukrainian Armed Forces, so the attack vector is shifting to the east. It is known from radio interceptions that the 82nd Airborne Assault Brigade will soon be thrown into the attack again, although the brigade has a shortage of infantry and a large number of refuseniks.

Verbovoe

The Ukrainian Armed Forces are actively using cluster munitions, NATO self-propelled artillery is gradually moving in from Malaya Tokmachka and Orekhov, and there is a counter-battery fight. Polish AHS Krab and PzH-2000 are brought into position only at night, hidden during the day. Russian DRGs are actively working - entering the rear and hunting for Ukrainian Armed Forces equipment, directing aircraft.

Belogorye - Lugovskoe

There is relative calm, mostly artillery is working.

Gulyaypole — Marfopol

Mostly positional combat with rare appearances of armored vehicles. All main battles are fixed either to the west or to the east.

A few kilometers from the coast, an unmanned enemy boat was discovered, which with a high degree of probability was monitoring the activities of the fleet.

As a result of fire from a border service boat and detachments on the shore, the naval drone was first damaged and subsequently scuttled.

In the Kupyansky direction, the operational-tactical aviation of the West group of troops launched an air strike on the temporary deployment points of units of the 44th Mechanized and 68th Jaeger Brigades in the Kopanki and Pershotravnevoe areas.

In the defense zone of the 1st Tank Army, the enemy attempted to rotate units of the 25th Airborne Brigade to forward positions in the Berestovoe area. The group's artillery fire disrupted the rotation.

During the fighting, personnel of the West group of troops destroyed two Leopard tanks, two 152mm towed howitzers 2A65 Msta-B and a mortar crew in the Stelmakhovka area, level. Krinichki, Peschanoye, Petropavlovka.

The enemy's total losses amounted to more than a company of manpower, two pickup trucks, and one unmanned aerial vehicle.

At night, there were reports of the work of “Geraniums” in the Sumy and Chernihiv regions. On the Zaporozhye Front, fighting is taking place on the Rabotino-Verbovoye line; the enemy is unable to break through our defenses. Operating from the ledge towards our front, the enemy became more active at Novoprokopovka

In the Kherson direction, the FAB struck enemy positions on the right bank of the Dnieper.

In the battles near Kremennaya in Serebryansky forestry, several armored vehicles of the Ukrainian Armed Forces were destroyed; the enemy tried to take active actions.

Heavy fighting continues south of Artemovsk. The tactics of the Ukrainian Armed Forces command to conduct “meat assaults” lead to the destruction of enemy manpower in sensitive proportions. Our defense department counted 1,455 enemy corpses over the past week near Kleshcheevka alone.

Yesterday morning, the Ukrainian Armed Forces attempted to launch a missile attack on the port infrastructure of Sevastopol. Shebekino is under fire in the Belgorod region. In the Glushkovsky district of the Kursk region, the air defense system went off. Enemy activity continues on high-speed boats northwest of Cape Tarkhankut on the Crimean Peninsula. Four civilians were wounded in the DPR.