Russia reinforces Kherson with recruits as "cannon fodder"—Intelligence
Russian forces are trying to strengthen their position in Kherson by reinforcing the city with recently mobilized Russian recruits
The head of the Defence Intelligence of Ukraine, Major General Kyrylo Budanov told CNN, that the Russians are trying to remove and take all the remains of their so-called "occupation administration" from Kherson city and surrounding areas.
Moskow, he said, "realizes and understands the whole difficulty of their situation, and they don’t want to be totally encircled."
Budanov added, Russia is "bringing into Kherson some new ‘cannon fodder’ from the newly mobilized Russian soldiers, getting ready for the street fighting."
According to him, Russian withdrawal will accelerate when Ukraine "takes the Nova Kakhovka dam under our artillery fire control."
"That’s why all our fighting units are moving towards both Kherson and Nova Kakhovka," Budanov added.
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The Russian forces are fortifying defensive positions on the occupied left bank of the Dnipro River in the Kherson region and evacuating the personnel of banks, the occupation administration, operational services, and medics.
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The Russian military prevents residents of the occupied village of Pershotravneve, in the Kherson region, from leaving the place.
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Serhii Khlan, deputy of the Kherson Regional Council, told Espreso that people in Kherson refuse to accept rubles and demand customers pay in Ukrainian hryvnia.
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