“Fierce battles for the “Dnieper Islands” are taking place in Kherson Oblast – spokesman for the Defense Forces of Southern Ukraine In Kherson Oblast, fierce battles for the Dnieper Islands are ongoing. The Russians are strengthening their defensive positions and transferring troops to the Tendrivska and Kinburn spits in order to prevent the Dnieper from being forced.”, — write on: unn.ua
This was announced by the spokesman of the Southern Defense Forces, Vladyslav Voloshyn, on the air of the telethon, reports UNN.
Voloshyn explained what could be the reason for the accumulation of Russian troops near the Tendrivskaya and Kinburn spits. Voloshyn noted that, most likely, according to Ukrainian intelligence, the Russians are accumulating forces there in order to maintain the defense more.
They (the Russians – ed.) are strengthening the fortifications, transferring defensive weapons there in order to prevent our Defense Forces from forcing the Dnieper, to land an amphibious assault on the Tendriv and Kinbur spits, especially on the Kinbur, and to keep under control this very mouth of the Dnieper, the Dnipro islands for which fierce battles are now taking place
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At the end of October, Voloshyn reported that about 200,000 people were opposing the Defense Forces in the south. occupiers