The #British masterminded the Krynky / Kherson Operation

Already in #Britain, the marines who completed the training told UP, they realized that they were being prepared for something big and different from their previous tasks. ...

“We realized that after the training we would sail to the Kinburn Spit (its liberation would allow us to unblock Mykolaiv ports - UP) or we would force the Dnipro River or #Crimea - there were different guesses. And when we were told about the operation three weeks before it was to take place, we were aware of what we had to do. An operation to overcome water obstacles always involves losses of 70-80%. No one refused,” says Marine Monakh. ...

“We should have left at least in the spring, when there were still fogs. Then it was still possible to bring everyone out a little bit. It would have saved people's lives. And so we got to the point where nothing could be done. Until the last, last moment,” the marine officer says these words with difficulty in a conversation with UP. ...

“If I were him (Sodol - UP), I would not have conducted this operation. Even if we had succeeded in our plans, nothing would have happened in the end. Because then we would have to saturate (the footholds - UP). And how can they be replenished - with bloodless brigades that stand without rotations? Where are the reserves? But it was not Sodol's idea, it was the political leadership's idea,” the brigadier says. ...

A long and detailed account by Ukrainian heroes.
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