General Sergey Sorovkin, who was given charge of the Russian Military Operations Department in Ukraine ten days ago, described the circumstance in the southern Ukrainian city of Jesson as “extremely awful.”
His military will ensure the population’s safe departure, he said in an interview with Russia 24 TV yesterday evening, Tuesday.
Perhaps these phrases were enough to launch a wave of speculation and weightings, about the situation of Russian forces, especially in the southern Ukrainian, where the Ukrainian forces have continued last September to launch a counter campaign to recover dozens of cities and towns in the south and east, which the Russians have controlled months ago.
However, Jacon’s significance is divided between two factors: moral and strategic.
Since the battle began on February 24, it is the first significant Ukrainian city to have fallen into the hands of Russian soldiers, which was a significant setback for Moscow.
It is also among the four regions that the Kremlin declared in late September (2022) annexing it to Russia, and therefore the Ukrainian control over it will form a painful blow to Moscow and the prestige of its army.
In addition, this region has special importance as it includes the Kakhovka Station to generate electricity and the Antonovsky Bridge, which connects the city to the southern West Bank to the Dnieber River and the rest of the Jeresson region.
However, Russian forces worry that the collapse of the Kakhovka Dam will trigger a significant flood in light of the intensive Ukrainian attacks that have been directed at these locations.
Jiusson’s physical location is also significant because it is close to the boundaries of the Dniprobrofrovsk and Nicolaiv areas, borders Crimea on the land in the south, overlooks the Black Sea in the southwest, and faces the Azov Sea in the southeast.
It is noteworthy that the Russian-Ukrainian conflict ended after its eighth month, despite continued mutual attacks between the two sides, and that the Ukrainian forces are currently making only moderate progress in their counterattack, which they launched last month after making notable progress in the past at the expense of the Russian forces.
The first city that the Russians took over. Will Ukraine Kiuseon recover?
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