The current Russian-Ukrainian conflict is in a posture of "you hit you, I hit me". After adjustment, the Russian army launched a counterattack in the eastern front Kharkov and Beidun directions, and maintained an active defensive strategy in Khlsong Prefecture on the southern front. Due to the long supply line and the air strikes from Russia, Ukraine's defense line in the east will be difficult to support after the arrival of winter. Perhaps in order to balance the losses in the east, the Ukrainian army highlighted the sense of urgency in the offensive operation of Khlsong , mainly pushing the Russian army through Dnieper and establishing a deep defense line in the left bank area. The Ukrainian army's long-range artillery fire can cover the Crimean Peninsula and Azov Sea coasts. This is the advantage that Ukraine strives for before the winter begins. Due to the losses exposed by military operations many times, the Ukrainian military has recently strictly blocked the Khlsong area and asked local residents not to disclose the Ukrainian army's activities in the local area and the progress of the battlefield. However, according to the public information from the Russian side, the Ukrainian army was the one who took the initiative to take the lead in the battlefield of Khelson.
Russia's operation to evacuate residents of Khlsong Prefecture from the right bank of the Dnieper River is still in progress. After arriving at transfer center in the left bank, they will be transferred to a safer city. At the same time, some Russian troops on the front line were also retreating and relying on relatively favorable terrain to build a new defensive front. Video released by Russian media shows that a large number of concrete bunkers are being transported to the Khlsong front area. These sturdy concrete bunkers can provide certain security protection for the Russian army to prevent them from being injured by Ukrainian long-range artillery fire, sniper firepower and drone . However, in the right bank of the Dnieper River, the troops of Russia and Ukraine are very different. Ukraine previously revealed that they have invested at least 9 brigades in the direction of Khlsun, including an artillery brigade and a tank brigade. Ukraine's intention to concentrate these superior forces is to encircle and annihilate 15,000 Russian troops deployed in the region.
Ukrainian military personnel revealed that they had surrounded a Russian unit of 2,000 in Khlsom. This news has not been confirmed by the Russian side, but judging from the actions of the Ukrainian army to bomb the Antonov Bridge in the past two days, the Ukrainian army is now eager to cut off the retreat route of the Russian army in the right bank area. In fact, since Ukraine launched a military counterattack plan, the Antonov Bridge was the focus of Ukrainian artillery destruction target, but the destruction power of Ukrainian long-range rocket launchers was limited. Although the bridge deck was riddled with holes, it was unable to break it. In early September, Russia announced that the Antonov Bridge had lost its usefulness and set up a military pontoon bridge on the nearby river surface to maintain the unobstructed supply and transportation line on the Khlsong front. However, the Ukrainian army did not stop bombing the Antonov Bridge until the image of the bridge being completely blown up on November 2 was revealed, and the Ukrainian artillery took three months to finally be completed.
video released by the Ukrainian side showed that at around 4 pm on November 2, the Ukrainian army used the M-142 "Haimas" rocket launcher to attack the ferry near the Antonovs Bridge in Khlsong Prefecture, and at least 6 rockets fell on the river. Relevant analysis pointed out that the Ukrainian army bombed the pontoon bridge with all its might after blowing up the Antonovs Bridge, with the purpose of delaying or even preventing the Russian heavy equipment and personnel from supporting the right bank of the Dnieper River. At the same time, it also prevented the 15,000 Russian troops from retreating in the right bank, creating conditions and gaining time for the main force of the Ukrainian army to encircle and annihilate. A day ago, a Russian journalist reported that he recorded images of Ukrainian launching 12 rockets bombing bridges at a time, and therefore suspected that the Ukrainian army had deployed M270 rocket launchers in the Khlson region. The M270 rocket launcher has 12 launch units, and its volley power is twice that of the "Haimas" rocket launcher .
Military experts said that the reason why Ukrainian "Haimas" rocket launcher has been active again recently is that a large number of Western air defense weapon systems have been sent to Ukraine, thus weakening the monitoring and threat of Russian "Geranium-2" and "Lancet" drones on the Ukrainian army's ground operations.However, it should be objectively viewed that it is not easy for Ukraine to surround and eat 15,000 Russian troops in the right bank. On the one hand, the new Russian military mobilization force is making every effort to reinforce Khlsong, and the limited long-fire scale of the Ukrainian army cannot prevent the Russian army from building pontoon bridges. On the issue of guaranteeing payment, the Russian army suffered a big loss at the outskirts of , Kiev, and the lessons learned from the low price of blood will never repeat the same mistakes in Kherson. On the other hand, the Russian Air Force bomber and long-range cruise missiles can provide strong air protection and fire cover for the Russian defenders in the right bank area. These military hard powers are not available to Ukraine.