Armed Forces of Ukraine hit the hotel with military officials of the Russian Federation in Kherson

Now it is known about 7 dead: five FSB officers and two military officials.

Photo of the likely "arrival" at the hotel with the occupiers / t.me/vanek_nikolaev — Photo of the likely “arrival” at the hotel with the occupiers / t.me/vanek_nikolaev

In occupied Kherson , there was an “arrival” at a hotel where high-ranking military officials of the Russians and representatives of the FSB were accommodated.

This was announced by the deputy of the Kherson Regional Council Serhiy Khlan.

“Today we arrived at the Ninel Hotel in Kherson in the city center. This is a hotel with a pool and a sauna. The leadership of the FSB was very fond of the pool and sauna, and they settled there. Seven 200s were taken out of this hotel,” Khlan said.

According to him, high-ranking officials from among the leadership of the Russian military were also in the hotel.

“Locals report that five of the 200th are FSB officers, and two are high-ranking military officers, but they have not yet identified who these high-ranking officials are,” Khlan added.

Counteroffensive of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Kherson region

Officially, Ukrainian forces launched a counteroffensive in the south at the end of August. Since then, the defenders have been probing for weaknesses in the Russian defenses and destroying the supply lines for the invaders. In recent days, the fighting for the south has intensified.

As President Volodymyr Zelensky said the day before, the Armed Forces of Ukraine are “moving in the south quickly and powerfully ,” dozens of settlements have already been liberated this week alone: “And this is far from a complete list … Our soldiers do not stop. And it’s only a matter of time before We will drive out the occupier from all our land.”

On October 4, the Ukrainian military confirmed the liberation from the invaders of 8 settlements of the Kherson region: Lyubimovka, Khreschenovka, Zolotoy Balka, Belyaevka, Ukrainka, Bolshaya and Malaya Aleksandrovka, Davydov Brod.

Analysts of the Institute for the Study of War confirm the successes of the Armed Forces of Ukraine not only in the south, but also in the east. The fighters also continued to advance south along the Dnieper and severed two Russian land lines of communication in the north of Kherson Oblast , forcing the Russians to retreat south of the Kherson-Dnipropetrovsk Oblast border towards the Berislav region.

The Ukrainian campaign is hindering Russia’s attempts to transfer additional ammunition, reserves, mobilized people and defense equipment to the front lines.

At the same time, the United States advises Ukraine to de-occupy the southern regions, including Kherson, before the onset of cold weather. According to the estimates of the US military, the possibility of de-occupying Kherson, if they appear, will already be from mid-November .

(C)UNIAN 2022