UK intelligence: Russia moves new forces to Dnieper delta

Fighting has recently intensified between Ukraine and Russia in the Dnieper Delta as a new Russian army corps has been deployed there.

“Through the first half of September 2023, heavy fighting has continued around the islands in the lower Dnipro in Kherson Oblast, which currently marks the front line,” Caliber.Az reports, citing the UK Defence intelligence update on the situation in Ukraine.

“Both sides have launched raids with teams in small boats against the islands and against the opposite riverbanks. There is a realistic possibility that Russian operations in the area have been energised since the sector came under the responsibility of the newly created 40th Army Corps,” the report says.

“The number of forces involved is relatively small compared to other fronts; however, both sides see the area as strategically important. It also provides the opportunity to draw their adversary’s units away from the intense combat in Zaporizhzhia and Donetsk oblasts,” the intel data adds.