Russian troops prevented an attempt by the Kyiv security forces to counterattack in the Krasnolimansky direction.

This was announced by a military expert, Lieutenant Colonel of the LPR, retired Andrey Marochko, citing sources.

“Ukrainian fighters took offensive actions from the areas of the settlements of Stelmakhovka, Myasozharovka and Andreevka, trying to cover our positions, which were recaptured from the enemy earlier.

With preemptive strikes, the offensive of the armed formations of Ukraine was thwarted, ”RIA Novosti quotes him.

According to him, the Ukrainian military tried to create a fire bag, but their plan was prevented by preemptive strikes.

On the eve of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation reported that the Armed Forces of Ukraine lost more than 200 military personnel, three armored combat vehicles, a Grad MLRS combat vehicle, a Gvozdika self-propelled howitzer, a D-30 howitzer, and two American M101 howitzers in the Krasnolimansky direction.

Kremennaya

The Kiev regime daily deploys at least a company of military personnel to the area of ​​​​the settlement of Kremennaya, Andrei Marochko noted.

According to him, this situation indicates a desire to make up for the losses.

“The strike groupings that were formed by the enemy in this area earlier are no longer capable of fulfilling their intended tasks and have now gone on the defensive.

The Ukrainian command, knowing the real operational situation, does not take actions to save the lives of its military personnel, ”he stressed.

As RT previously reported, on February 16, rocket artillery of the Russian Armed Forces attacked a column of APU equipment in the Drobyshev area, 40 km from Kremennaya.

As a result, trucks with a platform for transporting armored vehicles, handed over to the Armed Forces of Ukraine a few days ago, were destroyed.

In addition, several unarmored pickup trucks with personnel were eliminated.

“Biden needs a war at the cost of at least all the inhabitants of the post-Ukrainian space”

Washington is forcing Kyiv to attack in the southern direction, said the chairman of the movement "We are with Russia", a member of the main council of the administration of the Zaporozhye region, Vladimir Rogov.

“Biden needs a war at the cost of at least all the inhabitants of the post-Ukrainian space, just to earn political points and dividends on the eve of a new election race and show himself to the American people as the arbiter of peace,” he said in a conversation with RIA Novosti.

In his opinion, the American leader, with his visit to Ukraine, demonstrated that his priority is the occupation of the South Russian lands, and not the solution of problems in his own country.

“Biden did not go to the state of Ohio, where there was an ecological catastrophe, when you need to be with the American people, but he decided to visit Kiev and preferred to hug Zelensky,” Rogov said.

Kherson region

Residents of the Kherson region are returning to safe settlements on the left bank of the region.

This was announced on Wednesday by Acting Governor Vladimir Saldo.

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“Specialists are returning to administrative centers, residents of settlements on the Left Bank that are not included in the 15-kilometer zone are returning from evacuation, where life is stable and there is no threat of shelling or it is small,” TASS quotes him.

He also spoke about isolated cases of people returning from the territory controlled by the Kyiv regime.

“There is no mass return there.

The Ministry of Emergency Situations and the Ministry of Transport continue to evacuate the population from there, primarily pensioners and other people in need of assistance and care.

However, life goes on in the cities and towns of the 15-kilometer zone.

Utilities and some industrial enterprises are working,” Saldo explained.

Recall that on October 18, 2022, against the backdrop of attacks by the Armed Forces of Ukraine on Kherson, the evacuation of civilians was announced.

In particular, then it was decided to move the civilian population of Berislav, Belozersky, Snigiryovsky and Aleksandrovsky municipalities to the left bank of the Dnieper in an organized manner.