"By the end of next month": Budanov told when the Armed Forces will be released by Kherson

The head of the intelligence department of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine Kirill Budanov told this in an interview with The Drive. According to him, the most prepared and capable units of Russian troops are now concentrated in the regional center. They make up the skeleton of the group, they are also exacerbated by mobilized personnel.

"The large share of the Russian Air Force, the Russian forces of special operations and marine infantry, that is, the most capable units that are in Russia," he said. Kirill Budanov said that the number of military in Russian units that can be dangerous to the Armed Forces is about 40 thousand.

"These are troops in Kherson, as well as simply in the western bank of the Dnieper River, as well as troops that support the actions of the west shore, but were located on the East Bank," - said GUR chairman. He also added that the liberation of the city without a fight will not happen, but the Ukrainian army is trying to mitigate the coming battle as much as possible. Currently, the Ukrainian military is trying to surround Kherson, but Russian troops are opposed to it.

The invaders try to interfere with the Armed Forces forward, and the fighting goes daily. According to GUR, if Russia makes a decision to make a terrorist attack at the Kakhovskaya hydroelectric power station, only the road passing through the dam will be blown up to make it impossible for the Armed Forces vehicles, as well as the dams of the dam, which will only cause partial destruction of the object.

According to Budanov, this can only happen after Kherson's return to the control of Ukraine, to prevent the Armed Forces from promoting the Dnieper left bank. We will remind, on October 29 Stratko reported that the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation had taken out all military equipment from the airfield of Chernobayivka of Kherson region. The object was an important team group of the army of the Russian Federation, as well as many formations and connections.