The commander of the defense of Nikolaev in the first months of the war, Major General of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Dmitry Marchenko, said that the Russians were sure that pro-Russian people live in the south of Ukraine, and this was their main miscalculation when planning operations. During the broadcast on Apostrophe TV, he explained what consequences this had.

" They counted on the fact that our forces and means, which were in the Mykolaiv region, would not be enough to stop them.. But there were some moments. They didn't realize that we were very informed about their move.. They did not understand that we knew the area very well, which played a role in the defense of Nikolaev. If you know, there is a very large irrigation system between Nikolaev and Kherson. It just can't be moved. There are three bridges, two of which we blew up. Left one to pass. Then they waited for the accumulation of their equipment and successfully destroyed it,"

He also noted that now the invaders will not be able to break through the defense of Nikolaev. The forces and means that they have concentrated in the south are no longer enough to carry out such plans..

" But we must understand that this is a complex of means, and not just got up and left.. It is necessary to prepare very carefully for it, it is necessary to carry out very good reconnaissance, it is necessary to prepare artillery. It will not be fast, but it is an inevitable measure, and sooner or later it will take place,"

Major General of the Armed Forces of Ukraine also noted the good work of Ukrainian partisans in the Kherson region.

" Unfortunately, I can not disclose any details, but they are very effective.. And they work more effectively now than at the beginning of the war.. This is our advantage,"

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Recall, Defense Minister Oleksiy Reznikov said that President Volodymyr Zelensky ordered the military leadership to develop a plan for the de-occupation of the south. These areas are of strategic importance to our economy, so our country is gathering millions of fighting forces equipped with Western weapons to liberate them..

Earlier, the Minister for Reintegration of the WTO, Iryna Vereshchuk, called on residents of Zaporizhia and Kherson regions to evacuate as quickly as possible by all available means. According to Vereshchuk, the battles for the de-occupation of Ukrainian territories will be difficult, the Russian invaders will try to hide behind civilians as a human shield..

Fear and lies - everything you need to know about Russia's policy both in its own and in the territories it occupies. How the occupiers settled in the occupied territories and what Ukraine needs to remember about, read in the articles by Valentina Samar " " U.A..