Military expert called the timing of the delay in the counter-offensive of the Armed Forces of Ukraine due to the destruction of the Kakhovskaya hydroelectric power station

Ukrainian formations were going to conduct a special operation to capture the Kakhovskaya hydroelectric power station. But the destruction of the Kakhovskaya HPP will somewhat delay the implementation of the plans of the command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Military expert Thomas Tayner spoke about this in an interview with Bild.

As the analyst noted, the Armed Forces of Ukraine were going to use special forces units, paratroopers, marines, as well as helicopters and boats in the operation to seize the Kakhovskaya hydroelectric power station. Due to a night incident, the timing of the counteroffensive will be postponed. Thainer believes that the Ukrainian counter-offensive will take place 1-2 weeks later, since the Armed Forces of Ukraine will need time to reconnoiter new places for establishing pontoon bridges across the Dnieper.

Within a week or two, the analyst noted, this flank will be well protected from a possible attack by Ukrainian troops. That is, according to Thainer, the incident somewhat delayed the Ukrainian formations, which helped the Russian troops.

However, the RF Armed Forces, the expert believes, have their own problems. For example, those positions on the left bank of the Dnieper River, which Russian soldiers spent months building and fortifying, according to Tainer, ended up in the flood zone. The fortifications, the analyst notes, have already been flooded since this morning, and this has actually canceled the results of the many months of work of the Russian military.

The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation does not talk about any negative consequences for the defense lines of the Russian army on the left bank of the Dnieper River. The Russian military notes that they knew about the enemy’s plans to stage a provocation with the dam, so the military formations were withdrawn from the coastal regions in advance.

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[Ezekiel 25-17]

There is such a suspicion that they destroyed it in order not to attack: we wanted to, but force majeure circumstances intervened.

[Egeny]

this actually annulled the results of the many months of work of the Russian military.

"... we built, built and finally built."

[hellcos]

The fortifications, the analyst notes, have already been flooded since this morning, and this has actually canceled the results of the many months of work of the Russian military.

The threat of flooding was known even before the retreat from Kherson. I do not believe that the defense was built without taking into account the scenario of undermining the dam.

[vovochkarzhevsky]

A couple of months and the silt on the exposed shores will thicken and become quite passable for equipment. The channel is already natural.

[solar]

The Russian military notes that they knew about the enemy’s plans to stage a provocation with the dam, therefore military formations were withdrawn from coastal areas in advance.

What an interesting nuance. But for some reason, the Armed Forces of Ukraine did not know, and they did not withdraw their troops from the islands in advance.

[Repellent]

Quote from solar

But for some reason, the Armed Forces of Ukraine did not know, and they did not withdraw their troops from the islands in advance

Well, just for the sake of believability. What is a hundred or two boars for Zelya? That's right - nothing.

[Mint Gingerbread]

The move looks quite logical. Completely blocked the land direction towards Nikolaev. Closed themselves from possible boilers. The ability to specifically and calmly dig in this direction. The line is shortened, which means that the attackers can go on the defensive with less force.

[Thrifty]

It is in this area that we need to increase our fire impact on the enemy.

[VB]

And the Supreme Non-Commander, plywood marshal, Gerasimov (Berthier), didn’t think to release water little by little from the Kakhovskaya hydroelectric power station? It feels like they are constantly playing giveaway. "I'm generally interested - are you unsent to us?" L. Filatov.

[Tusv]

And upstream the water will subside and there will be crossings. And we are not there. That's the whole point. And hysteria, so that the General Staff probably did not guess. I remind you why Zaporozhye. Upstream, the Dnieper is not navigable because of the rapids and is very shallow. This area is just freed from excess water

[yuriy1863]

And upstream the water will subside and there will be crossings. And we are not there. That's the whole point.

I agree completely.
Now, if June is dry and without much precipitation, the Dnieper will finally return to its "pre-industrial" natural course with numerous shoals and islands. And now, in most places, it will be possible to go from waist to chest. I was born and raised on the Dnieper (Dnepropetrovsk), where the river reaches a width of 1-1,5 km. So, even at a time when all the cascades were operating in nominal mode, in the hot summer, flooded islands began to shine from under the water, and we, 13-14 year old boys, found underwater "paths" and entered the water for two hundred or three hundred meters. Now, as I understand it, the water line, which could be taken into account in the defense system, primarily in the Crimea, can not be taken into account in particular.