Southern Defence Forces try to clear 30-kilometre zone on Dnipro's left bank

The Defence Forces of the south are trying to clear  a 20-30 kilometre zone on left-bank Ukraine of Russians as part of the counter-battery fire. 

Source: Nataliia Humeniuk, Head of the Joint Press Centre for Operational Command Pivden (South), on air during the national joint 24/7 newscast

Quote: "For now, we are working to make the enemy feel our presence, our pressure. In particular, we are trying to clear 20-30 kilometres on the left bank as part of the counter-battery fire. This is a rather tricky job. It is complicated because the enemy is hiding behind civilians, trying to hide their units and equipment bases in the yards of residents, behind residential buildings.

But still, our work is quite effective. For example, you can see that the shelling from the Kinburn Spit has significantly decreased since we hit the point of supply and storage of ammunition.

Now they do not have powerful support, and even land movement is difficult for them since we are attempting to keep the very isthmus that connects the mainland of the left bank with the Kinburn Spit under fire control."

Details: According to Humeniuk, in this way, the Defence Forces are trying to reduce the onslaught of Russian fire on the Dnipro-Buh Estuary and the opposite hromadas [a hromada is an administrative unit designating a town, village or several villages and their adjacent territories – ed.]: Ochakiv and Kutsurub, Mykolaiv Oblast.

As for Kherson Oblast, Humeniuk stated that, unfortunately, Russian forces continue to search for positions and points, hiding again behind the civilian population of the left bank, and are shelling the city of Kherson and its suburbs.

Note: On 22 March, Yurii Sobolevskyi, First Deputy Chairman of the Kherson Oblast Council, also noted the effective work of the Defence Forces in reducing the number of Russian invaders.

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