A significant decrease in the number of attacks after the retreat of the enemy army from the right to the left bank of the Dnipro in the south indicates a certain confusion among the occupiers. A significant decrease in the number of attacks after the retreat of the enemy army from the right to the left bank of the Dnipro in the south indicates a certain confusion among the occupiers. Since the arrival of defence forces in Kherson and on the territory of the other right bank, some exchange fund replenishment has taken place.
The exact number of captured occupants is not yet known. Among them there are those captured during the battles and those who were in civilian clothes, said Natalia Humeniuk, head of the Joint Press Center of the Southern Defence Forces, during the telethon.
"They were hitchhiking, so to speak, trying to get to their fellows," she said.
Humeniuk added that the Ukrainian troops also captured enemy equipment.
"We are working on the accounting of the "lend-lease". There is even flying equipment, that is, they left helicopters. There are also multiple rocket launchers, tanks and artillery systems left. As soon as we can sum it all up, we will report," noted Humeniuk.
It is still challenging to calculate enemy losses during the crossing of Dnipro from the right to the left bank.
"What followed the so-called course of the Russian ship still needs to be retrieved and accounted for. Therefore, it is difficult to summarize and report on something now," the spokeswoman said.
Humeniuk added that stabilization measures are being taken on the right bank to detect the occupiers disguised in civilian clothes.
"We are aware that some of them could have got lost - we remember the Russian paratroopers, some could have been lost intentionally, or could have been left with specific tasks, for potential sabotage in the delayed time," she explained.
As of now, the occupiers have intensified aerial reconnaissance on the left bank. Their drones can be both kamikaze and strike-type reconnaissance. They may strike at crowds of people on the right bank. We must not neglect the air raid signals, if necessary - evacuate the settlements adjacent to the right bank of the Dnipro River.
Humeniuk added that Chornobayivka was shelled last night. There are a lot of mines in this settlement, the locals should stick to the already defined routes.
Russian Defence Minister Sergey Shoigu stated that the occupiers "left no equipment" on the right bank. This is not true - the defence forces have and continue to find the equipment abandoned by the Russians during their escape.