The Ukrainian command comments on the statements of General Surovikin on the withdrawal of troops from the right-bank part of the Kherson region

The official representative of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine A. Shtupun

The Ukrainian military command and representatives of political circles comment with skepticism on the statements of the Russian generals regarding the withdrawal of a group of troops of the RF Armed Forces from the right bank of the Kherson region to take up defense on the left bank of the Dnieper.

One of the first statements by General Surovikin regarding the withdrawal of troops to the left bank was commented on by Vitaly Kim, a protege of the Kyiv regime in the Nikolaev region. Today, it was he who released a meaningful post with a single letter “C”, which was interpreted as an attack by the Armed Forces of Ukraine on Snigirevka. Then there were comments that the Ukrainian troops failed to take the city. This comment was made by the deputy head of the Kherson region Kirill Stremousov, whose death was reported in the media a few hours later.

Kim, commenting on the statements of Surovikin and Shoigu, wrote that "if the Russians say something, they will do exactly the opposite."

The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine made a statement about monitoring the situation in the Kherson region, without saying anything about any significant advance of Ukrainian troops towards Kherson.

In turn, the operational command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine "South" stated that they do not yet have specific data on the withdrawal of Russian troops to the left bank of the Dnieper. N. Gumenyuk, representing the "South" command, said that the words of the Russian general "may be a staged show" and that "the information is being specified."

Gumenyuk:

We do not rule out the start of a Russian information-psychological operation in order to create an erroneous judgment about real intentions. There, Russian troops, as far as we know, have created a line of defense and are ready to keep it in place. We check what's there.

Recall that in his report, General Surovikin began by saying that the situation had stabilized and the combat capabilities of the RF Armed Forces had increased, including as a result of the mobilization carried out. Then he turned to the question of the need to leave Kherson. And the very initiative, expressed by the commander of the NMD, on the withdrawal of troops to the left bank of the Dnieper, was supported by the head of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov, noting that the general is doing the right thing, saving the lives of our fighters.