The Ukrainian military continues the counterattack. Since the beginning of October, the Armed Forces of Ukraine released more than 400 square meters from the Russian occupation. km of the Kherson region. Such data was brought by the press secretary of the joint command Natalya Gumenyuk.
“Yes, we have successful successes. We do not call directions, but more than 400 sq. Km Kherson region are freed from the invaders. And we are moving on,” she said.
Military expert Sergei Grabsky, in a conversation with The Insider, notes that the promotion of the Armed Forces in the Kherson area is now not as fast as in the northern Ukraine – this is due to the fact that there the Russians “better prepared for defense.” “Persistent defensive battles continue. The Russians understand that if they do not hold this position, the entire grouping of Russian troops on the right bank of the Dnieper will be surrounded. We see this state on the front line: the enemy continues the massive shelling of civil infrastructure, and under the blow of both Kharkov and Kharkov and Kharkov and Kharkov Zaporozhye, and Nikolaev, ”says Grabsky.
Expert notes that in the Lugansk direction there is advance towards the city of Svatov: “We already see the liberated settlements of the Lugansk region, which are 25 kilometers from Svatov. From Svatov and Kremennaya, the enemy has begun the evacuation of“ social and medical institutions ”and is prepared and is prepared to a desperate defense. If he does not cope, then the entire defense of the invaders from Troitsky to Severodonetsk simply collapse, and this will open the way to the Ukrainian troops. Svatovo will play an important role in the coming days, and all attention will be directed to this settlement. “
Grabsky notes that “the task of Ukrainian troops in the Lugansk direction is to advance as quickly and further as possible, freeing the territory. The enemy, despite such serious losses of territories, personnel and equipment, with perseverance worthy of better use, continues to attack Ukrainian troops On the line from Bakhmut to Maryinka, trying to increase the number of shelling, holding all this line. “
According to him, while the “ominous silence” is on the site from the Great Novoselka to Vasilyevka – the Donetsk and Zaporizhzhya regions. “There the situation is quite intense, and in many ways it will depend on the further development of events in the Kherson direction …”