Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has ordered the Ukrainian military to restore control over coastal areas in southern Ukraine. Ukraine is amassing a fighting force of millions to achieve this goal. Source: Oleksii Reznikov, Ukraine’s defense minister, in an interview with The Times [of London] Details: “Ukraine is amassing a million-strong fighting force equipped with Western weapons to retake its southern territory from Russia,” The Times wrote. Reznikov said President Zelensky had ordered Ukraine’s military to recapture occupied coastal areas that are vital to the country’s economy. Quote from Reznikov: “We understand that, politically, it is very necessary for our country. The president instructed the supreme military commander to draw up plans. After that the general staff does its homework and says to achieve this goal. It is necessary XYZ […] This is my job. I write letters to counterparts in partner countries […]” Earlier:
Iryna Vereshchuk, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for the Reintegration of the Temporarily Occupied Territories of Ukraine calls on residents of the occupied areas of Kherson and Zaporizhzhia regions to evacuate by all possible means. “We must look for an opportunity to leave, because our Armed Forces will take over [the occupied territories – ed.]. It will be a huge match,” Vereshchuk said. Residents of the occupied Kherson Region should leave the region, and those who cannot do so should prepare for hostilities, seek shelter, water and food, said Yurii Sobolevskyi, First Deputy Chairman of the Kherson Region Council.
