“In recent days, Ukrainian troops have twice tried to break through the defense line in the Kherson region near the village of Davydov Brod, but were defeated and suffered very heavy losses.

They tried to break through and seize the bridgehead and cut off the Kherson and Zaporozhye regions, ”he told RIA Novosti.

Earlier, Stremousov said that the authorities had closed the border with the regions of Ukraine controlled by the Kyiv regime.