Russia advances along the left bank of the Dnieper River, preparing to attack Kostiantynivka

Russian troops advanced along the left bank of the Dnieper River, threatening the city of Zaporizhzhia and creating momentum for a general attack on the city of Kostiantynivka.

The Russian Armed Forces (RFAF) continue to occupy positions in the northern part of Zaporizhzhia Oblast. During the day, the RFAF Dniper Group advanced along the left bank of the Dnieper River, taking control of the village of Plavni, located on the shore of Lake Kakhovka, in the direction of Stepnogorsk.

The tactical value of the RFAF’s control of Plavni is that the M18 Melitopol – Zaporizhzhia highway passes to the east of the village. And to the east of Plavni is the village of Stepnogorsk, one of the areas that the Russian and Ukrainian armies have been fiercely fighting over in recent times.

So far, there has been no official information from the Russian Ministry of Defense about the RFAF taking control of the village of Plavni. Most likely, the Russian troops may be conducting raids on the Ukrainian troops, who are still hiding in this village.

The Military Summary channel reported that the battles for the village of Plavni began immediately after the Russians overran the village of Kamenskoye. There was also information that the RFAF Dnipr Group's deep penetration units had entered Primorskoye, located further north along the river.

This means that the RFAF's advance towards the city of Zaporizhzhia continues. The main Russian attack directions are Primorskoye and Stepnogorsk. And although the RFAF has achieved some success, their rapid advance in this area of ​​the front is not seen.

According to the Ukrainian Deep State channel, fighting continues west of Stepnogorsk and its southern suburbs, as well as in the railway area running along the eastern bank of the Kakhovka reservoir. RFAF reconnaissance operations are also taking place in the forest area on the northern outskirts of the village of Plavni.

According to independent experts, the Zaporizhzhia direction may be just a diversionary direction for the RFAF in its summer offensive. The Donetsk front remains the main battlefield and Kostiantynivka is the hottest area at the moment.

According to Readovka, the RFAF’s Konstantinivka offensive has officially entered a new phase, as Russian troops will now focus entirely on encircling the city. Specifically, Russian troops in Konstantinivka have solved two problems related to the encirclement of Ukrainian troops south of the city, namely south of Lake Kleban-Byk, and to the east, in the area between the Naumikha and Gruzskaya rivers.

In both encirclement areas, units of the RFAF Southern Group were clearing pockets of enemy resistance. In the southern sector, the AFU attempted to reach the northern shore of the Kleban-Byk reservoir with homemade boats, but not all of them were able to swim. As a result, organized resistance south of the reservoir was no longer present.

However, there is no precise information about the location of the Ukrainian troops in the encirclement in the eastern sector towards Konstantinovka. Perhaps the AFU's abandonment of further defense of Predtechino and subsequent retreat from positions north of the village of Aleksandro-Shultino showed that holding the "bottleneck" was pointless for them.

The AFU General Staff considered it a waste to spend forces to break through the Seversky Donetsk-Donbass Canal. Now that the front line south and east of Konstantinovka is being flattened, the RFAF is preparing for a general offensive on the city. The outcome of this general offensive is predictable.

The RFAF, having penetrated the eastern outskirts of Kostiantynivka, is expanding its zone of control into the residential area. The actions of the 98th Guards Airborne Division, attacking west from Chasov Yar, and part of the 8th Guards Army, attacking northwest of Rusin Yar, indicate that their common mission is to coordinate the encirclement in the Alekseevo-Druzhkovka area.

In fact, the RFAF's siege of Konstantinovka had already begun. Accordingly, the RFAF's latest attack on the settlement was merely a pretext, aimed at forcing the enemy to withdraw all defending units around it into the city.

After the loss of troops and weapons during the counteroffensive at Dobropolye, the Ukrainian army was deprived of the opportunity to regroup for anti-crisis operations in all main directions. As a result, the operational initiative in the central areas of the line of contact at the end of the summer campaign remains in the hands of the Russian army.

Regarding Western military aid to Ukraine, according to the Wall Street Journal, the US will transfer 3,350 air-launched long-range attack missiles (ERAM) to Ukraine, with deliveries expected to begin within weeks. These low-cost cruise missiles are said to have a range of up to 400 km, a target deviation of less than 10 meters (32 feet) and a warhead weighing about 227 kg (500 pounds).

The parameters of these missiles look a bit like air-dropped glide bombs, and their range is a bit longer than that of Russian glide bombs. The problem is that even with enough missiles, the Ukrainian Air Force's aircraft shortage is still unsolvable and they have to rely on a limited number of F-16s.

Ukrainian F-16s have used similar weapons on frontline missions in recent campaigns, but with limited effectiveness. The root cause is the small number of F-16s and the insufficient frequency of deployment. Given Russia’s dense air defense system, the F-16’s survival rate would be very low. (photo source Military Review, Ukrinform, Liveuamap, Rvvoenkory).

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