The South Defence Forces noticed the similarity in the way Russians are acting occupied Melitopol with how the occupiers retreated from Kherson, the head of the Joint Coordination Press Centre of the Defence Forces of the South of Ukraine, Natalya Humenyuk, has said on the air of the national telethon, RBC-Ukraine reports.
"Basically, everything is according to the same scenario as it was on the right bank. Probably, they liked it very much," Humenyuk said.
She recalled that the occupiers first gathered around Kherson, building fortifications, then reported that they were leaving some settlements and preparing for street fighting. After that they stated that "not everything is lost" and took out everything they considered valuable from banks and other institutions.
"Basically, everything repeats itself, they like to step on the same rake, so let them work according to the same scenario, we at least know how it will end," she added.
She said that the Russian military are now trying to arrange a defence line deep into the territory on the left bank of the Dnipro and have at least something to report to their leadership.