The Russian authorities are building defense positions in the occupied areas of Ukraine and in Russia – SME

Ukraine focused its counter-offensive primarily on the Kherson region. KYIV. The Russian authorities are building defense positions in the occupied areas of Ukraine and also in the border regions of Russia. This was reported by the AP agency, according to which this fact reflects Russian concerns about possible Ukrainian counterattacks on new sections of the thousand-kilometer-long front line. The article continues under the video advertisement The article continues under the video advertisement In recent weeks, Ukraine has focused its counter-offensive primarily on the Kherson region. Relentless artillery attacks by the Ukrainian armed forces have cut off the main crossings over the Dnieper River, so the Russian troops on the west bank are short of supplies and are in danger of being encircled, he writes. AP. Changes are coming in the Kherson regionThe representative of the Russian occupation authorities in the Kherson region, Kirill Stremousov, claimed on the radio today that the Russian defense lines in the region have been strengthened and the situation is stable. Related article Related article The battle for Kherson is approaching. Russians are preparing the field for retreat, analysts say Read The occupation authorities had previously called on residents of Kherson and surrounding municipalities to evacuate to the east bank. According to the Interfax agency, around 25,000 people have done so so far. According to AP, the Ukrainian army said today that the Russian forces withdrew their officers from the west bank of the Dnieper and left the newly mobilized inexperienced forces there. They are building defense lines. in the south, the authorities in the western Russian regions bordering Ukraine seem to be nervous, AP writes. The governor of the Kursk region, Roman Starovojta, informed that two defense lines have been built in the region and the third will be completed by November 5. The governor of Belgorod also reports the construction of the defense lines area of ​​Vyačeslav Gladkov. On Saturday, he published a photo in which there are lines of concrete blocks in the shape of a pyramid, which are supposed to block the movement of armored vehicles. These are not random cases Read According to the founder of the Russian Wagner group, additional defensive positions are being built in the Luhansk region of Ukraine, which is occupied by the Russian army. Russian businessman Yevgeny Prigozhin, whose group of mercenaries plays an important role in the Russian invasion of Ukraine, said according to AP that his group is building in the Luhansk region, an extensive fortified “Wagner Line”. “The project suggests that Russia is making significant efforts to prepare defenses deep behind the current front line, presumably to deter any quick Ukrainian counter-offensives,” the British Ministry of Defense said today in its regular report on reports of the defense line in the Luhansk region. War in Ukraine