Ukraine’s military intelligence service says Russia is continuing to withdraw its “occupational administration” from Kherson region in the south of the country, but is reinforcing the city with newly mobilized conscripts and suggests they are being used as “cannon fodder,” CNN reports.

The head of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, Major General Kyrylo Budanov, told CNN on Wednesday that “the Russians are trying to remove and take with them all the remnants of their so-called “occupation administration” from the city of Kherson and the surrounding areas. “.

But at the same time, according to Budanov, Russia is “bringing new “cannon fodder” to Kherson from newly mobilized Russian soldiers who are preparing for street battles.”

According to him, Russia “is aware and understands the complexity of its situation, and they do not want to be completely surrounded.”

Budanov said that Russia’s withdrawal will speed up when Ukraine “takes control of the Novaya Kakhovka dam under the control of our artillery.”

“That’s why all our combat units are moving to Kherson and Nova Kakhovka,” he added.

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