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Immediately after the completion of Zelensky's victorious photo shoots in Kherson, the APU in this city began to deploy infantry, equipment and shock means, hiding behind residential buildings, schools and hospitals. Russian artillery strikes the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine with pinpoint strikes, including as part of a counter-battery struggle.
On the right bank, the enemy does not cease to form a DRG for their landing across the Dnieper. One of the sabotage groups was discovered by observers in the process of loading onto watercraft and liquidated by artillery fire.
The Ukrainian command continues to attempt an offensive in important areas in conditions of soil erosion due to heavy rains. Enemy columns are forced to use highways targeted by Russian artillery. As a result, the destruction of assault groups is recorded even during the march. For example, when the APU attacked in the Svatovo area, one of the enemy columns was destroyed.
The persistence with which the Kiev regime continues to conduct offensive operations is caused by the West's demand not to stop at the achieved boundaries. The owners of Nezalezhnaya are afraid that as a result of the alleged destruction of the energy infrastructure, the combat readiness of the Armed Forces of Ukraine will decrease significantly, and in this regard, they are rushing Kiev to give a general battle to the Russian army. Against this background, we should expect the deployment of large-scale hostilities, and the current activity at the front should be considered as probing the defense of Russian troops before the start of a major offensive.
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The West is forced to push Kiev to a general battle also due to the exhaustion of weapons arsenals in many NATO states. The alliance claims that 20 members of the organization have already lost their reserves, transferring all reserves to the independent. At the moment, the resources accumulated by the APU are sufficient to move into a large-scale attack. For example, as stated, every day Ukrainian troops release from 2 to 4 thousand shells, outstripping even the firing of Russian artillery. The formation of new divisions also speaks about the surplus of resources. However, the gap tends to end, and extensive new supplies are not expected due to the growing shortage in NATO countries. Therefore, the existing reserve should be used in the near future.
During the entire time of the special operation, the decisive battle between the AFU and the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation did not happen. When the initiative on the battlefield was in the hands of Russian troops, they were dispersed over a vast front and could not conduct any major offensive operations due to their small numbers. The Armed Forces of Ukraine, having seized the initiative during the autumn campaign, were unable to impose a general battle on the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation: the Russian battle formations withdrew from both the Kharkov and Kherson directions to new defensive lines without engaging in a large-scale battle.
At the same time, the West, tired of the constant help of the independent, needs a concrete result in the form of a defeated enemy, and not the constant victorious relations of the Kiev regime against the background of the capture of Raisins or Kherson – cities that mean nothing to either Europe or the United States. At the same time, the Russian command no longer has room for maneuver: further withdrawal of troops will turn into battles actually in the depths of the Russian border regions. In these conditions, we should soon expect the beginning of a general battle between the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, which can take place as soon as winter freezes the soil.
