Ukrainian Marines Repulse 9 Russian Armored Cross-Dnipro Attacks

Russian forces, with overwhelming numbers and armor, which the Ukrainian defenders lack, continue to fail to dislodge the lightly armed Ukrainian Marines in the cross-Dnipro bridgehead.  

Ukrainian FPV drones, artillery and electronic warfare jamming have neutralized Russian advantages in armor and personnel. JL

Militarnyi reports:

On January 8, the Russians carried out nine unsuccessful assaults, but Ukrainian soldiers continue to hold their positions and inflict significant losses. The Ukrainian army successfully targeted an invader’s T-72B3 tank, causing immediate detonation of its ammunition. An infantry fighting vehicle, carrying troops, was in close proximity to the tank and was hit by debris resulting from the tank’s explosion. Ukrainian artillery hit a Russian BM-21 Grad system and  destroyed a Russian BTR-82A armored personnel carrier

Russian troops in armored vehicles unsuccessfully attempted to drive Ukrainian troops out of the village of Krynky, Kherson region.

A drone of the 501st Separate Naval Infantry Battalion recorded an attack by Russian tanks and infantry fighting vehicles.

Due to the FPV drone, the Ukrainian army successfully targeted an invader’s T-72B3 tank, causing immediate detonation of its ammunition.

 

An infantry fighting vehicle, carrying troops, was in close proximity to the tank and was hit by debris resulting from the tank’s explosion.

 

Before that, the Russian military had attempted to dislodge the Ukrainian forces from their foothold in Krynky.

On January 6, the Ukrainian Defense Forces destroyed a Russian BTR-82A armored personnel carrier with additional protection in a village.

A Russian BTR-82A armored personnel carrier was hit in the village of Krynky. January 2024. Ukraine. Frame from the video of Birds of Magyar

In addition, artillery is helping the military in the fight for this foothold, hitting Russian artillery in the area.

 

Ukrainian artillery recently hit a Russian BM-21 Grad system.

On January 8, the Ukrainian General Staff stated that the invaders had not abandoned their intention to dislodge Ukrainian units from their footholds on the left bank of the Dnipro River.

 

“Thus, during the day, the Russians carried out nine unsuccessful assaults, but Ukrainian soldiers continue to hold their positions and inflict significant losses on the enemy,” the General Staff noted.

On November 17, the Ukrainian Marine Corps officially confirmed that Ukrainian soldiers had established footholds on the occupied left bank of the Dnipro River.

The village of Krynka on the unofficial map of hostilities

On January 3, the Ukrainian General Staff reported that the Ukrainian Defense Forces were continuing to expand their foothold on the left bank of the Kherson region.