The commander-in-chief of Ukraine’s army stated Thursday that Russia “was left with no different possibility however to resort to fleeing” within the Kherson area.
“Important efforts of our army are behind the so-called ‘goodwill gesture’ of the enemy,” Valerii Zaluzhnyi stated on Twitter.
“Simply because the enemy retreated from Kyiv and Kharkiv oblast, deserted Zmiinyi (Snake) Island, the probably pullout from Kherson are the end result of our lively operations.”
Prior to now day alone, Zaluzhnyi stated that Ukraine had liberated a whole bunch of sq. kilometers of territory within the push in direction of occupied Kherson metropolis.
“Solely through the previous day alongside Petropavlivka–Novoraisk axis, [Ukrainian] Defence Forces superior 7km, retook management over 6 settlements, 107 sq km of [Ukrainian] territory,” he stated. “Alongside Pervomaiske–Kherson axis, we superior 7km, retook management over 6 settlements, the world of liberated territory is 157 sq km.”
Zaluzhnyi stated that in Ukraine’s counter-offensive in direction of occupied Kherson, its forces have “destroyed the logistic strains & assist system, disrupted the enemy’s command & management system.”
Nonetheless, he expressed skepticism that Russia would voluntarily withdraw from the entire Kherson area west of the Dnipro River.
“As of now, we are able to neither verify nor deny the details about the so-called withdrawal of [Russian] occupational troops from Kherson,” he stated. “We hold conducting offensive operations in accordance with our plan.”
