Gumenyuk noted that the Russian invaders “continue to terrorize with fire” the right bank of the Dnieper, while shelling not only the territories liberated by the Armed Forces of Ukraine, but also those that were not even under occupation.
According to her, the Russian invaders, trying to hide from the return fire of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, are maneuvering on the left bank of the Kherson region.
“They’re afraid of our response. They feel it, it’s quite significant. We can’t report the results yet, but they’re very tasty and you’ll be hearing about them very soon.” This night there was work, and they are no longer “mosquitoes”, it is already more significant“, he assured.
At the end of August, the APU launched an offensive also in the Kherson region. The active offensive of the Armed Forces of Ukraine forced the Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation Sergei Shoigu on November 9 give the order to begin the withdrawal of the Russian army from Kherson and from the right bank of the Kherson region.
This was stated by the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky, in an evening video message on November 11 the special forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine have already entered the city. On November 12, it became known that Ukrainian police returned to Kherson, military administration and prosecutor’s office. Zelensky arrived in Kherson on November 14th.
Next, the Russians the systematic shelling of Kherson began and other settlements liberated from the left bank.
For one day on December 24, Russians 71 times bombed the Kherson Territory and the region. The occupants hit residential areas and houses. For December 25, the occupiers bombed the Kherson region 33 times, for December 26 – 40 times.
Gumenyuk believes that by shelling Kherson, the occupiers trying to prove to Russian President Vladimir Putinthat they are “capable of something”.
