Zelensky directed the army to respond to "abnormal movements" of Russian soldiers in the Kherson region.
Xinhua News Agency, Kyiv, November 8 (Reporter Li Dongshu) Ukrainian President Zelensky said on the evening of the 8th that the Russian army recently carried out a large-scale rotation of personnel and equipment and increased the deployment of its forces in the Kherson region. He ordered the army to propose additional measures to protect the local residents.
Zelenskiy posted on social media that day that he had convened the country's leaders to listen to reports on the situation in various places, especially the needs of frontline and border countries. According to him, the Russian army used the humanitarian operation of Orshki as a cover to carry out a large-scale rotation of personnel and equipment in the area controlled by Russia on the left bank of the Dnieper River in the Kherson region, and sent additional forces to Orshki and the surrounding area.
Recently, many Ukrainian media reported that the Russian army is conducting extraordinary military maneuvers in the Kherson region.
Zelensky also said he assigned specific combat missions to the Ukrainian military in the Sumy region to respond to the Russian attack.
Oreshki is located on the left bank of the Dnieper River, across the river from the city of Kherson controlled by the Ukrainian army. Russia took control of the city on February 24, 2022, the day it launched a special military operation against Ukraine. Russia and Ukraine implemented a partial ceasefire in Oreshki from October 27 to November 1. On October 30, the Russian-Ukrainian humanitarian rescue team distributed relief equipment to local residents in Oreshki and ensured the evacuation of civilians.