Krynka are under the full control of the Armed Forces (Sun) of the Russian Federation.
Russian President Vladimir Putin said at a meeting with the Minister of Defense Sergey Shoigu.
“Mikhail Yuryevich (Teplinsky, Colonel General and Airborne Forces Commander) reported that this settlement is completely under our control, the necessary defense was built there,” the president said.
Krynka are located between Aleshki and New Kakhovka on the banks of the Krynka River, which flows into the Dnieper, and are separated from the main channel of the river by islands. This part of the right bank of the Dnieper is under the control of the Russian Armed Forces, but the Ukrainian army is trying to land in this area a landing.
At a meeting with the Minister of Defense, President Putin also touched the topic of nuclear weapons in space.
Putin said that Moscow categorically against the placement of nuclear weapons in space, and called on other countries to comply with existing agreements.
“This issue concerns the noise, which has recently risen in the West, including in the United States, about the placement of nuclear weapons in space. Our position is clear and transparent: we were categorically always against the placement of nuclear weapons in space “, – emphasized the President of the Russian Federation.
Earlier, the head of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation Sergey Shoigu said that Russia did not place and does not plan to place nuclear weapons in space.