WSJ: Ukrainian marines slip across Dnipro River To resume counteroffensive

Ukrainian marines slip across the Dnipro River at night in small groups to reinforce a growing contingent of troops engaged in a daring operation to reinvigorate Kyiv’s military efforts in the occupied south.

They have established three toeholds in and around villages on the eastern bank of the river in recent weeks, cutting off a road Russia uses to supply troops in the area, according to soldiers involved in the operation, according to The Wall Street Journal.

Kyiv managed to transfer armored HMMWV SUVs and at least one infantry fighting vehicle.

The Russian Defence Ministry did not report that the Ukrainian Armed Forces managed to gain a foothold on the left bank. The ministry claimed on November 9 that the Russian military had thwarted “Ukraine’s another attempt to deploy its armed forces on the left bank of the Dnipro River”.

The Ukrainian Armed Forces intensively crossed the river in summer, as the water receded after the destruction of the Kakhovka hydroelectric station. The operation on the other side of the Dnipro is expensive and difficult for Ukraine. The soldiers said that they were under heavy fire. One private said the troops managed to "advance 100 yards in six days".

Afterward, he was evacuated with shell shock. One Ukrainian soldier, Yaroslav, said the attempted counteroffensive across the Dnipro was “the last chance for a breakthrough before the war reaches a complete stalemate”.