🧵After a series of serious defeats in the fall of 2022, Russian occupational forces faced serious logistical constraints, but they were able to adapt, which would also require more sophisticated answers from Ukraine and its allies.
During the Kherson liberation, Russian occupational forces (ROF) continued to utilize Myrne railway station and surrounding facilities to provide continuous logistical support for the entire Kherson army group.
Myrne station received several trains per day, loaded with ammo, vehicles, and troops. Some of these supplies were stored in facilities around the station. As soon as they became within Ukrainian reach, these facilities were stricken.
While the damage wasn’t as significant as anticipated, Russian occupational forces were forced to abandon their major supply routes and move their supply routes further south.
Sokolohirne – a tiny town located right on the border between Kherson and Zaporizhzhia oblast. Unfortunately, it’s outside of any reasonable means that Ukraine can use to establish persistent fire control over the area.
Keep in mind that it’s not always possible to fire HIMARS from the edge of the range – even if that looks like the target is within range, there are other details that an independent observer might not be aware of:
1. Enemy artillery or air fire control over the territory.
2. Mined areas.
3. Unjustified risk due to strong EW, AD, radar, or intelligence saturation in the area
2. Mined areas.
3. Unjustified risk due to strong EW, AD, radar, or intelligence saturation in the area
Sokolohirne is used by ROF to move vehicles, personnel, supplies, and construction materials between Zaporizhzhia, Crimea, and Kherson regions. To ease logistical constraints, they actively use civilian trucks.
Some cargo is moved in shipping containers by civilian trucks, making it more difficult to identify whether those contain ammo, MRE, or construction materials:
Sokolohirne station remains busy even though the main war focus is currently concentrated on the East.
Until Ukraine will get enough deep-striking capabilities, Russians will keep their major logistics hubs just slightly away from the longest-ranged weapon that Ukraine has in significant numbers.
The best way to keep Russia away from Ukraine is to keep pushing Russian logistical routes out of it, saving the lives of thousands of Ukrainian soldiers.
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