The holding of fake "referendums" in the temporarily occupied Kherson and Zaporizhia regions did not stop the advance of Ukrainian troops in the south.

 Nataliya Humenyuk, spokeswoman for the press center of the Southern Defense Forces of Ukraine, stated this on the air of the national telethon.

According to the spokeswoman, in recent days the armed forces have been making significant progress, in particular in the direction of Kherson.

At the same time, the occupation authorities in the occupied region are completely confused by this.

"They (the occupiers - ed.) do not fully understand what this referendum gives them. They simply followed the instructions from above, but they see that this does not stop the Defense Forces, does not stop the units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, which are significantly advancing in the direction of Kherson," she said Humenyuk

According to the spokeswoman, the Russian troops on this part of the front cannot raise reserves and strengthen their grouping, as the Ukrainian military keeps all logistical routes under fire control.

Earlier, military expert Oleg Zhdanov stated that in the future, counterattack actions of Ukrainian military units in the Kherson direction could lead to a quick and large-scale liberation of the territory.

It will be recalled that the former French general Dominique Trincan assumed that in October Ukrainian troops 

could seize the entire right bank of the Dnieper in the Kherson region

, including the regional center.

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