Russian invaders are trying to strengthen their positions in the occupied areas in southern Ukraine, in the Kherson and Zaporozhye regions, President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky said.

The occupiers are transferring units to the south, removing them in the eastern regions. But the Ukrainian military and intelligence officers are ready to give a worthy rebuff, the president assured during an evening address.

Zelensky recalled that on the night of July 31, Nikolaev was subjected to one of the heaviest shellings since the beginning of a full-scale war. The president of the agricultural company "

“Today I want to thank every resident of Nikolaev for inflexibility, for protecting the city and the region. Also thanks to Nikopol, Kharkov, Krivoy and the entire Dnepropetrovsk region, strong people of Zaporozhye and the region, all Ukrainians of the Kherson region, each and every one who defends the approaches to Odessa and the region. Thank you for your courage,"

Strategically, Russia has no chance of winning this war, the President stressed..

And he called on Ukrainians to remain united and hold out in all regions and on all fronts, from military to diplomatic.

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The death of the Vadatursky spouses is not an accident, but a well-thought-out and organized premeditated murder, Mikhail Podolyak, adviser to the head of the OPU, believes. Vadatursky was involved in the process of unblocking the export of Ukrainian grain, said the head of the Nikolaev regional council Anna Zamazeeva. Therefore, it could be an undesirable figure for the Russian Federation.