GENICHESK, November 15. /TASS/.
The Ukrainian military has lost roughly two battalions of personnel in its attempts to cross the Dnieper River in the Kherson Region, Regional Governor Vladimir Saldo said on Wednesday.
Currently, a company and a half of Ukrainian troops are staying in the area between a railway bridge and Krynki on the left bank of the Dnieper River, he specified.
"About a company and a half of enemy personnel, mostly small groups, are staying along the left bank’s area from the railway bridge to Krynki. The enemy has crossed the river by sending more personnel for some time than our firepower could destroy. To put it simply, the enemy has thrown troops for slaughter. It has already lost at least 1.5-2 full-fledged battalions at the crossing and during its stay on the left bank.
The average period for a Ukrainian soldier to stay alive on the left bank is slightly over two days,"
