He announced that the Krynki settlement, located on the left bank of the Dnieper River in Kherson Province, where the Ukrainian army tried to build a bridgehead, had come under Russian control. Russian President Vladimir Putin The Russian President received him on Tuesday Sergey Shoigu Russian Defense Minister.
Mikhail Yuryevich (Colonel-General Teplinsky) reported that this settlement (…) is completely under our control, and the necessary defenses have been built there
Putin said.
He said four or five Ukrainian soldiers were still hiding in the area and had been offered the option of surrendering.
Speaking to TASZSZ on Tuesday, Sojgu said this The recapture of Kryniki marked the “end” of the Ukrainian counteroffensive that began in the summer. He said four brigades of the Ukrainian 30th Marine Corps focused on Kryniki to achieve a breakthrough at Perekop in Crimea.
Krynki is located between Oleski and Nova Kahovka, on the banks of the Krynka River, which flows into the Dnieper River, and is separated by islands from the main riverbed. The left bank of the river is under Russian control, but Ukraine has tried several times to land on this part and expand the bridgehead at Krynki.
On Tuesday, the Southern Military District of Ukraine denied on its page on the Telegram application that the city of Kryniki was completely under Russian control.
– writes A Reuters.
According to the statement, Russian forces did not advance on the eastern coast, and Shoigu's statement is considered a “falsification of facts.”
Cover photo: Russian President Vladimir Putin and Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu hold a meeting in the Moscow Kremlin on February 20, 2024. MTI / EPA Pool / Sputnik / Russian Presidential Press Service / Alexander Kazakov
