Originally Posted by
dead_pan
I'm certain the Ukes are more than aware of what remains of Russia's force in Kherson, given their intelligence assets, partisans, sympathisers etc in the city and surrounding area. Also any decision to enter the city will be driven by what the Russians are doing on the other side of the Dnipro e.g. massing artillery to flatten the city once they do eventually withdraw.
From what I read, Ukraine now has :
more artillery
more accurate artillery
longer-range artillery
Would this not mean that any Russian units firing from fixed positions close to the Dnipro ( not going to be scooting when shelling a town, I think ) would simply be inviting pretty certain annihilation ? Isn't that a very poor return for just lobbing a few shells indiscriminately against civilian buildings ?