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Ukraine’s parliamentary Defense Committee will likely investigate the planning and execution of the months-long military operation in Krynky, Kherson Oblast, Solomiia Bobrovska MP, a sitting member of the committee, said on July 18.
In an interview with RFE/RL, Bobrovska noted that the operation, which began in late 2023, may have been of questionable military value.
“I hope it will be considered by the committee because it is as important as other areas such as Kharkiv, Donetsk, Luhansk, and Zaporizhzhya,” the MP said.
“Kherson is potentially one of our corridors or wedges towards Crimea. I intend to raise this issue in the committee. We need to understand the operation’s efficiency, efforts, losses, and appropriateness, and what lessons we can learn from it.”
She reiterated that the months-long fighting in Krynky has received little attention from the public or official oversight bodies.
“Although Krynky has not been singled out as a separate issue, either one of my colleagues or I will address it [at the committee],” Bobrovska added.
“In my opinion, this area has received the least coverage of all. It has been significantly overlooked throughout the operation, since late October [2023]. There were already signs that should have alerted us to the fact that troops were ordered to advance without realistic objectives and support.”
Ukrainian troops held the bridgehead near Krynky, east of the Dnipro River, since October-November 2023.
On July 16, Ukrainian media reported, citing a source in the General Staff, that Ukrainian troops were forced to retreat from Krynky. The news has led the Ukrainian public to question the soundness of the entire operation, which is seen as a failure to produce meaningful results, costing Ukraine dearly in personnel casualties.
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