The Armed Forces of Ukraine are advancing in the Kherson region, despite the powerful defense of the Russian troops, said the head of the press center of the security and defense forces of OK "

According to her, the occupiers have spent significant forces on arranging the second and third defense lines in the temporarily occupied territories of the region, but they are forced to use spare ones, since Ukrainian defenders are pushing them out even from them..

Gumenyuk also stressed that now they are not reporting which settlements the Ukrainian military managed to liberate, but they are moving forward..

“When we gain a foothold on these lines, we will definitely inform about it..

However, while the military operation is underway, I urge everyone to remain calm and wait for official messages, since only the military knows where they are, where they are going and what successes they have,"

Minister for Reintegration of the Temporarily Occupied Territories Irina Vereshchuk called on the residents of the Kherson region to leave the region, using the routes offered by the Russian occupiers in order to facilitate the process of de-occupation of the region for Ukrainian defenders.