RU POV: Russian advances from Day 832 to Day 844 of the War (Part 1) - Suriyakmaps

Lots of interesting developments happened in Kherson Oblast over the past 2 weeks. With Ukraine pulling many units off of different areas of the frontline to send north to counter the Russian attack there, Ukraine's Kherson operations were no longer feasible. Several of the units that were based in Kherson were rapidly redeployed north, leaving the remaining Ukrainian forces even more undermanned and understrength than they already were.

To start, Ukraine finally pulled whatever units it had left out of Krynky, ending the disastrous operation once and for all. I'll expand on Krynky in a comment below, but suffice to say the operation was a catastrophe for Ukraine, failed to meet its objectives, and primarily ended up doing more damage to Ukraine than it did to Russia.

With Ukraine's forces in this area weakened, Russia has been able to begin operations of its own. Small Russian squads have begun to push out into the river delta, capturing parts of some of the islands near Hola Prostan, and capturing the grey zone leading up the destroyed Antonovskiy Bridge. Whilst they have become more active, do not expect Russia to suddenly try land on the opposite bank of the river. These operations are more to capture areas they had to cede to Ukraine long ago, and now there is less threat of being attacked, they can retake them.

Nestryga island (white outline left side) has gone back into the grey zone, having been 'captured' by Ukraine 2 months ago. As I said back then, the island serves essentially no benefit to either side, being a thick marsh, almost entirely waterlogged, and having zero permanent structures there. Russian forces landed on the island and claimed control similar to how Ukraine did, but did not stay. For now, both sides claim to 'control' the island, when in reality neither of them do.

Over the past few weeks, Russian forces increased the buffer around Novopokrovka, taking over several fields. Zahirne is outlined here as the Russian MoD made an announcement recently, stating they have fully captured the locality. Whilst this is true, they have controlled this area for years now. Additionally, Zahirne isn't even a village anymore, as it was abandoned years before the war began, and is now just the remnants of warhouses and homes demolished long ago.

Over the past week, Russian forces have solidified their control of Staromaiorske, taking over almost all of the town. Over the other side of the river, Russian forces made a small advance into Urozhaine, and took the fields west of the town. Ukrainian forces still maintain a position in northern Urozhaine, and in the treelines north of Staromaiorske.