After the announcement of Russia's retreat from Kherson, which the command called "withdrawal of troops across the Dnieper River", the Armed Forces of Ukraine (APU) continue to occupy the villages left in the Kherson region. In total, over the past day, Ukraine has liberated 12 settlements, Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Valery Zaluzhny said .
On the direction of Petropavlovka-Novoraysk, units of the Ukrainian Defense Forces advanced 7 km, took control of 6 settlements, and up to 107 square kilometers of territory returned to Ukrainian control. On the direction of Pervomaiskoye-Kherson, the Armed Forces of Ukraine advanced 7 km and took control of 6 settlements, the area of liberated land was 157 square meters. km.
Messages about the entry of Ukraine into Kherson
The pro-Russian Telegram channel Gray Zone, associated with the Wagner PMC, writes that the specialists of the Main Intelligence Directorate of Ukraine and the Special Operations Forces (SOF) entered Kherson. Now small groups are conducting patrols to detect ambushes and partisans, and are also equipping observation points.
In the afternoon, the Armed Forces of Ukraine announced the capture of Snigirevka, the city is located on the banks of the Ingulets River in the Nikolaev region, 54 km from Kherson, and is a convenient bridgehead and railway junction. The 131st reconnaissance battalion of the Armed Forces of Ukraine published a video from the village.
Also, the Ukrainian Armed Forces set up a flag in the village of Bruskinskoe, Kherson region, a video with servicemen was published online. In the footage, they show the date on the phone – November 9th.
In addition, the Armed Forces of Ukraine returned to control Kiselevka in the Kherson region and the village of Borozenskoe in the Berislav region, which is confirmed by numerous photos and videos.
The villages of Evgenevka and Bobrovy Kut, previously occupied by Russia, on the border of the Kherson and Nikolaev regions, the village of Pavlovka in the Snigirevsky district of the Nikolaev region, and the settlements of Pyatikhatki, Novokaira and Kucherskoe in the Kherson region, previously occupied by Russia, have also been returned to control.
Videos with captured equipment abandoned by the Russian Federation are massively appearing on the network.
One of the published videos shows how a captured T-72B3 battle tank of the Armed Forces of Ukraine is towing a captured T-90A in the Kherson region.
As Konstantin Mashovets, a military observer and coordinator of the Information Resistance group, explained to The Insider, the Russian group could well have organized some defense areas in Kherson to cover it. He noted that the Russian Federation was withdrawing in an organized manner, especially without throwing anything, but left some of the troops intentionally.
“They have units that cover the withdrawal and do not allow the forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine to move forward and overtake Russian units. Their big convoys are dragging everything that they stole and looted. They left some part of the troops to be devoured, because if they all try to leave at once, the Ukrainian troops will butcher them there like a tortoise, so they are forced to leave part of them on the lines that cover this withdrawal. These forces will certainly have to be sacrificed, because they are unlikely to be able to break away from the Armed Forces of Ukraine.”
According to the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Valery Zaluzhny, the Armed Forces of Ukraine cannot yet confirm or deny the information about the so-called withdrawal of Russian troops from Kherson, now the Ukrainian troops continue to "conduct an offensive operation in accordance with their plan."
“Behind every so-called “goodwill gesture” of the enemy are the colossal efforts of our troops. Just as the enemy retreated from Kyiv and the Kharkov region, left the Serpent's Island, the probable exit from Kherson is the result of our active actions. Directly in the Kherson direction, the Ukrainian Defense Forces destroyed the logistics routes and the supply system, violated the enemy command and control system. Thus, they left the enemy no other choice than to resort to flight.
In the Kherson direction, since October 1, the advancement of Ukrainian troops into the depth of Russian defense is up to 36.5 km, Zaluzhny notes. The total area of the returned territory reaches 1381 square meters. km, control over 41 settlements was restored.
Military expert and reserve colonel of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Roman Svitan told The Insider that now Russia will try to put Ukraine at the negotiating table, but neither the people nor the Armed Forces agree to this. With the help of the West, the country will continue to fight until the Russian army leaves the territory of Ukraine, including Crimea and Donbass.
“For a whole month they have been talking about the need to negotiate. What do they want to negotiate? So that we give them the occupied territories? There is no subject matter. There is an extremely sharp rejection of even a hint of negotiations. Even if the president swings somewhere, he will be taken to hell, and he knows it.”
Former U.S. Navy unit commander and analyst Chuck Pfarrer argues that a successful Russian withdrawal now depends on ferries, Russian-destroyed pontoon bridges and blown-up road spans. According to him, all crossings will become the main targets for Ukrainian artillery and "a killing field for Russian soldiers."
Military analyst Def Mon claims to have found confirmation of the liberation of at least 10 villages, the APU is moving "quite quickly." According to him, the news lagged behind the real events by about "12-24 hours."
Propagandists publish a photo of the Russian flag in Pavlovka
The pro-Russian military Telegram channel WarGonzo writes that the "Operational Combat Tactical Formation" (OBTF) "Cascade", together with the marines from the 155th and 40th brigades, on November 9 "took control" of the village of Pavlovka in the Donetsk region. The report says that the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the DPR, Police Colonel-General Alexei Dykyi, personally visited the settlement and “awarded the distinguished fighters.”
According to the author of WarGonzo, propagandist Semyon Pegov, now the Armed Forces of Ukraine are trying to regain lost positions.
Pavlovka is located on the outskirts of Ugledar. On November 7, the governor of Primorsky Krai, Oleg Kozhemyako , acknowledged the losses in the 155th Separate Guards Marine Brigade during the attack on Ugledar. A few days earlier, the VGTRK military commander Alexander Sladkov reported on the plight of the 155th Separate Guards Marine Corps Brigade of the Russian Pacific Fleet. According to him, the fighters who were near Pavlovka in the Ugledar direction handed over a letter to the governor with complaints about a poorly prepared offensive.
Russian losses
According to the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Russia suffered the greatest losses in the Limansky and Avdeevsky directions, and the total losses of the personnel of the Russian army since February 24 amounted to 78,690 people. In total, more than 100,000 Russian soldiers were wounded or killed in the war, says Mark Milley, head of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff. The Armed Forces of Ukraine also reported that since February 24, 2,804 tanks, 5,682 armored combat vehicles, 1,805 artillery systems, 393 MLRS, 205 air defense systems, 278 aircraft and 260 helicopters have been destroyed. In addition, during the war, Russia lost 1,499 UAVs, 399 cruise missiles, 16 ships, and 4,242 vehicles and tankers.
On October 12, Important Stories, citing a source among the Russian special services and an FSB officer, reported that Russia's irretrievable losses in the war with Ukraine could be more than 90,000 people. Since the beginning of the war in Ukraine, the Ministry of Defense has reported three times on the deaths of Russian servicemen. For the last time, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu, on the day the “partial” mobilization was announced in the country, September 21, said that 5,937 Russian soldiers had died since the beginning of the “special operation”.
See also The Insider's military report for November 9 : “HIMARS will reach the Crimea, fresh trenches have been dug for the retreating from Kherson. What's happening on the front line .