The Dnieper river is big and wide. It provides logistical problems for Russia on the west bank. This area is open steppe country. Russia wisely uses the east bank as the demarcation line for defense. Three things happen as a result of Russia's move. First, recognize the goal is to win the war. Never fight a battle when it risks losing a large number of personnel and equipment. Battles need to be fought strategically and this sometimes means withdrawing from territory that provides too much risk for supplies and personnel. The west bank of the Dnieper river is such a place. The UkoNazis have been planning an offensive in the region. Many of the troops have been moved here. In Response, Russia wisely is avoiding a bloody conflict to which military personnel would be lost and reestablished a fairly impenetratable defense on the east bank of the Dnieper River. The media response will be bad for Russia publicity wise. However, the strategy is actually wise because now many of these troops can be redeployed in the Donetsk and Luhansk region. As a result, the Uko forces will decouple their offensive in the Kherson region. No battle will occur there. Russia simply withdraws temporarily.

The objective is to reinforce the territory already controlled with military personnel. The Russian offensive will occur in the Donesk and Luhansk regions because the logistics there is so much easier for Russia to supply with armaments. Once the Donetsk and Luhansk Oblasts are 'filled' out and the remaining territory taken, the focus will turn to the Zaporizhzhia Oblast and a return to the Kherson Oblast. In the end, the long term objective is sound. However, the short-term media response will be bad for Russia and will only encourage the West and NATO.