But for now, the advance of the Armed Forces in the south has slowed down. There are two reasons for this.
The Minister of Defense of Ukraine Oleksiy Reznikov believes that that Ukraine will soon return all its territories, including Crimea, the south and the east. During the last briefing, he also noted that the Russians can really retreat from Kherson and relocate to the left bank of the Dnieper, and the rumors about their retreat that are spreading now – only IPSO.
He noted that Ukraine trusts only intelligence data and carefully studies all information.
“Their habit of “acts of goodwill” has long been known to us. Such was the act of goodwill when they liberated the territory of Kyiv Oblast, then Sumy and Chernihiv Oblast thanks to the decisive actions of the security and defense sector. Then there was Zmiiny Island – another act of goodwill, – reminds the minister. – Of course, I think that potentially they are ready for another “act of goodwill” regarding the left bank of the Dnieper in the Kherson region, in the area of the city of Kherson, but for this they will still need to lose a certain its potential thanks to the appropriate actions of our Armed Forces”.
Reznikov noted that the weather currently affects the conduct of battles – when it rains, it is more difficult to fight. In addition, the occupiers began to use the irrigation canals of the agricultural region as trenches, which also led to the slowdown of the armed forces.
However, the Minister of Defense added: “I am optimistic not only about the Kherson operation, I generally believe, absolutely consciously and knowingly, that you and I will end this war through the complete de-occupation of all Ukrainian lands that have been temporarily occupied since 2014, through withdrawal on the internationally recognized borders of Ukraine as of 1991”.
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We remind you that on November 4, the deputy chairman of the Kherson Regional Council Yuriy Sobolevskyi showed a photo of the city administration building, on which there is no Russian flag. In this way, the occupiers tried to make it appear as if they had left the city, and therefore the Armed Forces would safely enter there. However, OK “Pivden” warned that defenders know the situation better, so they will react accordingly. In addition, American ISW analysts note that at this time it is still unknown whether enemy troops will fight for the city. He also believes that the Russian Federation's war against Ukraine will end before the summer.
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