Major General of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Dmitry Marchenko said that the battles on the front line between Kherson and Nikolaev have moved into a positional phase, now “every section and everything is mined” are being shot through there, which complicates the task of the Armed Forces of Ukraine to liberate the city of Kherson and its region. About this Marchenko, who, by the way, led the defense of Nikolaev, told the publication " Reali"

According to him, such a situation, on the other hand, makes it impossible for the Russians to attack specifically on Nikolaev..

" The work of some separate units is now very well tuned there, which monotonously, daily hit important points, thereby demoralizing people. I’ll tell you how it is: if we had enough forces and means, which we, unfortunately, do not have enough (equipment, weapons, artillery, air defense, air support), if we dispersed, believe that they would have stopped already for.

Marchenko added that the defense of the Russians in the Kherson direction is "

" But believe that when there is a massive offensive, counterattack, they will all run.. Because they are unmotivated. They have no desire or motivation. They were driven there with whips and forced to fight. Nobody forced us to fight, we fight back our home. We have no other option, we have one Motherland and no one will give us another,"

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Recall that now some units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine are already 10 kilometers from the city of Kherson.

At the same time, as of June 11, the Ukrainian military was conducting a counteroffensive in the region in three directions at once..

On June 12, Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Valery Zaluzhny said that the Armed Forces of Ukraine are going on a counteroffensive in certain directions. According to him, now the fighting continues on 1105 km of the front, when in total its width is 2450 km..

Read the truth about the war in Inna Vedernikova's interview with military analyst Agil Rustamzade for ZN. U.A..