now that the left bank is almost defenses, does ukraine have the equipment to launch on amphibious assault? did the dam collapse make an amphibious assault impossible?
now that the left bank is almost defenses, does ukraine have the equipment to launch on amphibious assault?
>did the dam collapse make an amphibious assault impossible?
For the next few weeks for sure.
Days
>he doesn't know
Nothing is impossible. You can only make things harder and riskier.
The question is if that's a risk you wanna take.
What are the tactical implications of accidentally creating an enormous landbridge for your enemy?
you'd need to wait months for that soil to dry up, if that ever happens
Weeks. It's faster than you think, especially in summer. The Dnipro is still huge though and a contested landing on the other side a moronic idea.
Maybe I'm blind, but I don't see a land bridge
yeah let's charge over 20km of mudflat, what can go wrong
Meters deep mud. Brilliant plan, anon.
>Meters deep
And kilometers wide.
Then the ruzzian cope about wanting to boat over mine fields in Herson is more believable. But IMHO if they wanted to get over Kahovka dam-bridge, next logical step is to try bridging Antonov and Herson rail bridges. Maybe it's now easier with panic and retreating arty positions on the left side.
short term flooded land = impossible
medium term = muddy land = impossible
Long term on the scale of months is when an amphibious assault is possible so you're at square 1. Only a big modern state with air superiority could pull that off but if you're that far ahead it almost doesn't matter.
I predict the Dnipro river will be a non-factor. The fighting in Zap is where the action will be and Ukraine may sweep down over the land anyways.
Orcs just blew up another dam in Zap oblast. Won't be as catastrophic as the Kahovka dam, but will still get in the waay.
>I expect Russia to capture Kherson and then Odessa soon after the Ukrainian offensive falls apart
That's delusional. They lost offensive capabilities long ago. The best case scenario is that they have enough to man trenches to repell Ukraine attacks turning this into a frozen conflict. That's best case scenario. But F-16's, Himars, and Storm Shadows, imply a slow gradual breakdown that would erode defenses in the long run.
> They lost offensive capabilities long ago.
Lmao
>ZBlack folk thinking they russians have any sort of offensive capabilities
>when they're throwing meatwaves of convicts and murderers as their main battle force
Do you remember the winter offensive? Russian offensive capabilities are dead. ten months spent trying to take territory 1/10 of what ukis achieved in a week.
>Do you remember the winter offensive?
What offensive? Wagner bought time for the RuAF to expand current units and train and equip new ones while UA troops were being lured into a killbox meat-grinder in Bakhmut.
Is this actual cope or larp cope?
It's the truth that's been hidden from you by pervasive propaganda, even while the many western reporters who visited the city said the Ukronazis were being outgunned and constantly hit with shells
Much obliged
The problem isn't the assault itself it's actually holding and supplying the force on the other side of that river. Ukraine crossing the river would basically put them in the same position Russia was in with Kherson but even worse.
It actually NARROWED the river as the water overflowed out of the banks.
No they don't lmao. You wouldn't be reactivating T-55s if that was true, and there weren't any in the may parade.
>You wouldn't be reactivating T-55s if that was true
Even with a bunch of modern tanks the T-55s are still useful at providing fire support from afar against infantry, like a heavily upgraded BMP.
>Russia is sending museum pieces into war, but experts say they may still be effective
https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2023/05/08/europe/russia-t-55-tanks-ukraine-intl-cmd/index.html
I'd be surprised if they could get 5 a month
Submerged obstacles (IE trees, telephone poles, cars, buildings ect) are a nightmare for any kind of amphibious operation.
>n-no u
>we will take kherson and odessa uraaaaa
9/10, but I don't think even vatniks are this delusional
>>n-no u
That's literally what the hohols are doing; Shoigu already stated 2-3 days ago that the hohols moved troops from Kherson to Zap because their offensive was struggling, now the hohols are just saying the same thing in return.