Against the background of the Russian side's statement about the reduction of hostilities in the Kiev and Chernihiv directions, the adviser to the head of the Presidential Office, Aleksey Arestovich, said that heavy fighting is still ongoing in Mariupol and the JFO zone. He said this during the All-Ukrainian telethon.

" Not to mention Mariupol, where the city is half taken and heavy fighting is taking place right on the streets,"

He also said that in the southern regions, namely in the Kherson region, the invaders became on the defensive.. Ukrainian troops are now engaged in tactical battles to move the Russians.

Arestovich believes that the active phase of the war will last at least another week.

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Recall that on March 29, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu, who has not appeared in public for the past few weeks, addressed the ministry and stated that the main tasks of the first stage of the war, which the Russians continue to call a " He noted that now the Russian army will concentrate its forces on the "

Also yesterday, after one of the rounds of negotiations in Istanbul, the head of the Russian delegation, Vladimir Medinsky, said that the Russian Federation had decided to reduce hostilities in two directions - Kiev and Chernigov. But then, after the reaction of the Russians on the Internet, he added that this still did not mean a cessation of hostilities..