The most famous leader of the Russian occupying power in Kherson, Kyrylo Stremousov, explained the “skillful” tactical maneuver of the invading troops live on the “Russia-1” station: when they retreat, they actually advance.

The intervention of Stremousov, the deputy head of the regional administration appointed by the Russians in Kherson, took place on Monday on the air of TV presenter Olga Skabeeva, when she asked him about the situation at the front, because “Zelensky is reporting on successes in this area.” “, by the way.

We will remind, on Monday, the first information appeared about the breakthrough of the Russian front in this region, located in the south of Ukraine, the Kyiv troops managed to advance 40 kilometers in a day after fierce battles were fought here for more than a year. a month from the start of the Kherson counteroffensive on August 29.

Olha Skabeyeva also asks Stremousov about the “huge number” of reports of explosions in the center of Kherson, the capital of the region, and on its outskirts.

“First of all, I repeat, we are not taking the fact that we are now Russian territory off the agenda,” Stremousov replies, referring to the fact that President Vladimir Putin formalized the annexation of occupied Ukrainian territories last Friday.

“People should remember and know about it,” Stremousov said, adding that he had no information to confirm the reported explosions, and that nothing in the city was damaged. A Russian-appointed official in Kherson then downplays the progress made by the Ukrainian armed forces, saying they have only taken villages at the cost of dozens or hundreds of lives.

“Going back to all those counterattacks, as some people call them, you know, it’s like a broken record. Practice shows that all such counterattacks end in complete disorder and the deadly destruction of those who attack. That’s why we don’t panic,” says Kyrylo Stremousov.

It was Stremousov who also filmed himself on Monday in the background of the Antoniv bridge over the Dnipro to emphasize this and show that he is still in Kherson. In late August, he was widely mocked on social media, including Russian, after he shared a video in which he spoke of Russia’s “futile counteroffensive.”

But netizens immediately noted that he sent his message while in Russia, behind him is visible the iconic Annunciation Cathedral in Voronezh, one of the largest Orthodox churches in the world.

In his speech on Monday on Olga Skabeeva’s show, he also stated that in the city of Kherson “everything is stable, everything is fine, no one has broken through anywhere.”

Russian troops in Kherson are using revolutionary military tactics

“But you know, the most interesting thing, I said in the TV program, I reminded our enemies, who are now speaking Ukrainian, not to speak Russian: enemies, remember our tactical maneuver. When we retreat, it means we are moving forward,” Stremosov explains.

He then refers to “Mother Nature” which would have brought the Ukrainian offensive to a halt due to the rains.

“They just got bogged down in the mud, and our aerospace forces defeated those Ukrainian Nazis, but that’s another story,” he claims, before concluding that “there are no risks or problems in Kherson Oblast” at the moment.

The faces of some of the guests in the studio, which can be seen on the recording, suggest that they are not entirely convinced by his account of the situation.

Moreover, the map, which appeared on the Russian Telegram channel on Tuesday, demonstrates the effectiveness of Stremousov’s “advance on retreat” strategy. Its leader, Volodymyr Saldo, on Tuesday acknowledged the Ukrainian “infiltration” and the loss of the village of Duchane by Russian troops, but assured that the Russian aircraft had “stopped” the advance of Ukrainian troops.

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