{"id":75224,"date":"2022-11-02T21:30:19","date_gmt":"2022-11-02T21:30:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/uncategorized\/2022\/11\/02\/hardened-ukrainian-brigade-sees-russian-vulnerability-in-kherson-city\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T14:16:10","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T14:16:10","slug":"hardened-ukrainian-brigade-sees-russian-vulnerability-in-kherson-city","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/news\/2022\/11\/02\/hardened-ukrainian-brigade-sees-russian-vulnerability-in-kherson-city\/","title":{"rendered":"Hardened Ukrainian brigade sees Russian vulnerability in Kherson City"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">MYKOLAIV\/KHERSON FRONTLINE \u2014 It\u2019s now been over eight months of full-scale warfare since the Russian invasion of Ukraine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But while the war continues, the features of the battlefield have changed significantly \u2014 both in the systems employed, and the tactics used to counter them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ukraine\u2019s military, which began the war with largely Soviet-era equipment, has transitioned into an ever-more Western-armed and -trained force. By contrast, much of Russia\u2019s best equipment \u2014 and its most professional troops \u2014 have been destroyed or killed in months of relentless combat, leading Moscow to draw on older stocks as the Russian force regresses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Few people, or units, know this better than Ukraine\u2019s 59th Motorized Brigade. Stationed in Kherson oblast at the start of the war, the 59th was subjected to the full force of one of Russia\u2019s best-prepared strike groups, an armored thrust northwards from occupied Crimea. But while they were forced to cede Kherson City in early March, the 59th held back Russia\u2019s spearheads from seizing Mykolaiv, the next city along the coast towards Odesa. Now, after seven months of largely static warfare, the changing balance of power sees the 59th poised to play a major role in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.economist.com\/europe\/2022\/10\/27\/russia-braces-for-a-battle-over-kherson\">upcoming battle<\/a> to liberate Kherson.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The soldiers of the 59th are bullish on their prospects of beating the Russians back at Kherson City. They talk dismissively of the battlefield effectiveness of the Iranian drones that have made headlines in recent weeks \u2014 weapons well-suited to harassing civilian infrastructure but less effective against prepared military units. Consistent degradation of Russian logistics and supply lines has hampered the enemy\u2019s ability to effectively contest the battlefield. Russian leaders\u2019 desperate moves to staff their front line with unwilling conscripts, their focus on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/europe\/russians-engaging-mass-theft-medical-equipment-says-zelenskiy-2022-10-28\/\">looting Kherson<\/a> of anything moveable, and even their use of air defense systems to attack ground targets, all buoy the 59th\u2019s morale. They smell blood in the water.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On a sunny day in late October, one platoon from the brigade was catching some sleep during a break in the action a few kilometers back from the frontline. The soldiers and officers present shared with Military Times their impressions of how the war has changed \u2014 for them, often for the better \u2014 over the past few months.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One of the hot topics in recent weeks has been Russia\u2019s heavy deployment of Iranian-made Shahed 136 loitering munitions. Carrying a warhead of up to 50 kilograms and with a range of 1,500 kilometers, these \u2018kamikaze drones\u2019 have been employed across Ukraine, in particular to strike <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/russias-iranian-drones-tear-at-ukrainian-infrastructure\/a-63564040\">heating and power infrastructure<\/a> in Kyiv and other cities. While they have been used on the battlefield as well, soldiers say they have not been particularly effective militarily.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"6000\" height=\"4000\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP22290196041910.jpg.jpg\" alt=\"A drone is seen in the sky seconds before it fired on buildings in Kyiv, Ukraine, Monday, Oct. 17, 2022.\" class=\"wp-image-105907\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP22290196041910.jpg.jpg 6000w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP22290196041910.jpg.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP22290196041910.jpg.jpg?resize=768,512 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP22290196041910.jpg.jpg?resize=1024,683 1024w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP22290196041910.jpg.jpg?resize=1536,1024 1536w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP22290196041910.jpg.jpg?resize=2048,1365 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 6000px) 100vw, 6000px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A drone is seen in the sky seconds before it fired on buildings in Kyiv, Ukraine, Monday, Oct. 17, 2022. (Efrem Lukatsky\/AP)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIranian drones are attacking Mykolaiv constantly,\u201d says Vadym, a senior lieutenant in the 59th. \u201cThey\u2019re active over the entire region, but most of them are shot down. They are only really useful against civilian targets, when they can slip past air defense,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One of the difficulties drones present to many air defense systems is a small radio and heat signature, which can make it difficult to achieve lock-on. With advance warning of an approaching drone, however, this can be mitigated \u2014 and there are other tools that work even better.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIt\u2019s difficult to hit [a Shahed] with any system that works by heat lock, such as a Stinger [MANPAD], unless you have extra time to track it,\u201d Vadym says. \u201cBut our foreign partners have provided us with some very effective systems. The German Gepards [self-propelled anti-aircraft guns] are very good against them. They see the [drone] and can easily shoot it down. Even machine guns can down [Shaheds] quite easily if they are not flying too high \u2014 they are quite large and slow,\u201d he explains.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Other troops agree with Vadym\u2019s estimation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThese drones [Shaheds] are not a problem at all,\u201d says Zhenya, a sergeant major. \u201cIf you have warning and anti-aircraft weapons, you can down them quite easily. That\u2019s why [Russia] uses them against cities \u2014 they are not useful on the battlefield,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"4032\" height=\"3024\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/PXL_20221020_080451081.MP_.jpg.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-105973\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/PXL_20221020_080451081.MP_.jpg.jpg 4032w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/PXL_20221020_080451081.MP_.jpg.jpg?resize=300,225 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/PXL_20221020_080451081.MP_.jpg.jpg?resize=768,576 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/PXL_20221020_080451081.MP_.jpg.jpg?resize=1024,768 1024w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/PXL_20221020_080451081.MP_.jpg.jpg?resize=1536,1152 1536w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/PXL_20221020_080451081.MP_.jpg.jpg?resize=2048,1536 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 4032px) 100vw, 4032px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Mikhail, a senior Ukrainian military lieutenant at a post near the front, is pictured in the trenches here in October 2022. (Neil Hauer\/Courtesy photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The use of these systems speaks to the difficulties Moscow is facing in maintaining a steady level of long-range strikes eight months into the war. As its stocks of precision-guided munitions deplete, Russia has turned to other methods, some not designed for the task: soldiers say that S-300 missiles, originally designed for air defense, are now one of the primary weapons used to strike Mykolaiv. Despite their poor accuracy when used against ground targets, the missiles are still fired at the city regularly at night.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ukraine\u2019s efforts to degrade Russian logistics and supply routes in Kherson are also paying dividends.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cAmerican HIMARs [precision rocket artillery] have been incredibly useful for us. Once we started hitting the bridges, the intensity of the [Russian] shelling decreased a lot,\u201d says Vadym, describing the Ukrainian shelling of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kyivpost.com\/russias-war\/vital-bridge-attacked-in-kherson-as-ukrainian-army-goes-on-counter-offensive.html\">Antonovsky<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ukrinform.net\/rubric-ato\/3569164-ukraine-army-destroys-bridge-built-by-russians-across-dnieper-near-nova-kakhovka.html\">Nova Kakhovka<\/a> bridges, the only two connections between Kherson and the rest of Russian-held southern Ukraine. \u201cWe destroyed a lot of their artillery and ammunition warehouses as well. Before, [the Russians] used to shell everything, just firing as much as they wanted at any targets. Now, they are forced to economize,\u201d Vadym says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">American-provided long-range artillery systems have been crucial to shifting the tide here as well. Vadym specifically names the M109 Paladin self-propelled howitzer and the M777, whose guided Excalibur shells can hit targets up to 40 kilometers away with high accuracy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cBefore we had the M777, we couldn\u2019t reach their [artillery] systems, but now we can,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Finally, it is not just Russian equipment that has been depleted. Much of Moscow\u2019s professional infantry corps, many of whom were <a href=\"https:\/\/www.understandingwar.org\/backgrounder\/russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-august-1\">transferred<\/a> from eastern Ukraine to Kherson over the summer in anticipation of an impending Ukrainian assault, has been put out of action. With competent manpower consistently lacking and contract servicemen, many of whom have been fighting without a break since Feb. 24, increasingly dwindling, Russia has thrown in a new stopgap to bolster the lines: conscripts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The men of the 59th are unimpressed by what they have seen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201dWe\u2019ve already gone up against their mobilized men here,\u201d says Mikhail, another senior lieutenant at a post closer to the front. \u201cThey are nearly useless. Many of them can hardly hold a gun, let alone a position. We have killed their professional soldiers, and now [Russia] is hoping to slow us down with bodies,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As the situation shifts in Ukraine\u2019s favor, the soldiers want for only one thing: extra artillery and tanks to crack Russia\u2019s defenses and exploit breakthroughs in the inevitable assault on Kherson.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe have almost everything we need,\u201d Vadym says. \u201cWe just need a bit more artillery, to fight against their guns, and especially tanks \u2014 maybe the most important element in an attack. There will be positive developments here [in Kherson] very soon.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><i>Editor\u2019s note: This story was updated after publication to remove references to the Ukrainian unit\u2019s location that could potentially put them at risk.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The soldiers of the 59th Motorized Brigade are bullish on their prospects of beating the Russians back at Kherson 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