Natalya Gumenyuk emphasized that the aggressor wants to seize the Ukrainian bridgehead before March 17, when the “election” of the President of Russia will be held.
The head of the Kremlin, Vladimir Putin, in a meeting with the Minister of Defense of Russia, Sergei Shoigu, said that the village of Krynki was allegedly “almost taken under the control” of the invaders.
“Four or five people are hiding somewhere, asking them to surrender,” he said.
According to him, those who decide to surrender are “received as prisoners.”
He asked Shoigu to outline his assessment of what was happening in this area. He replied that he “knew about the report of the commander of the airborne troops, Mikhail Teplinsky, to the president,” and hurried to confirm his assessment of the situation around Krynoki.
At the same time, the head of the joint coordination press center of the Defense Forces of southern Ukraine, Colonel Natalya Gumenyuk, said on February 20 in a telethon. The only newsthat the aggressor wants to seize the Ukrainian bridgehead on the left bank of the Dnieper before March 17, when the so-called presidential “election” will take place in the Russian Federation.
In the past 24 hours, five attempted attacks on Krynki have been repulsed, but not a single position has been lost.
“We continue to strengthen ourselves and work to expand the bridge, and the enemy continues the so-called meat attacks, without using armored vehicles, because he has a ban on it after very heavy losses in the first attack,” Gumenyuk said.
Source: korrespondent
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