Stremousov told about plans to liberate the Mykolaiv, Odessa and Dnipropetrovsk regionsSIMFEROPOL, October 20 — RIA Novosti.
The authorities of the Kherson region intend to liberate three more regions of Ukraine, Deputy head of the local administration Kirill Stremousov told RIA Novosti.
The day before, Vladimir Putin imposed martial law by his decree in the Kherson and Zaporozhye regions, Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics.
The acting governor of the Kherson region, Vladimir Saldo, announced the organized removal of the civilian population from the right to the left bank of the Dnieper. According to him, it is necessary to create defensive fortifications.
According to the authorities of the region, Kiev is accumulating forces for a large-scale offensive, Russia has formed a military group to repel it.
As the commander of the Joint Group of Troops in the area of the SVO, Army General Sergei Surovikin, said on October 18, the situation in the Kherson direction is not easy, the command does not exclude the adoption of "difficult decisions".
Since February 24, Russia has been conducting a special military operation to demilitarize and denazify Ukraine. Vladimir Putin called its goal "the protection of people who have been subjected to bullying and genocide by the Kiev regime for eight years." The armed forces face the task of liberating Donbass and guaranteeing Russia's security.
On September 30, the Kremlin hosted a ceremony of signing agreements on the admission of Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics, Zaporozhye and Kherson regions to Russia on the basis of referendums held there.