The active phase of war will end by the end of the year with the release of Kherson - General Marchenko

According to the general, the pace of dismissal of the occupied territories depends only on the speed of supply of military assistance from Western partners. Russian invaders will not be able to hold a separatist "referendum" in the Kherson region, said Major-General Dmitry Marchenko in an interview with RBC-Ukraine. According to him, FSB staff already admit that the Crimean scenario will not be able to implement in Kherson, so they are preparing "for some other measures".

"The Kherson are very pro -Ukrainian and resist," the general emphasized. "They do not give the chances of implementing this scenario with" referendum "and" Russian peace. " Marchenko was unable to name the exact timing of the release of the Kherson region from the invaders, but assured that he would not have to wait long. "I want to pass to the Kherson - let them suffer a little, it will not be as long as everyone will expect.

The general also said that the Ukrainian military-political leadership does not intention to liberate Crimea, as well as Lugansk and Donetsk region. He assured that the occupied territories of Ukraine were won. According to him, an important task is to destroy the Crimean bridge that Russians use to transfer reserves from the territory of Russia and strengthen their troops. According to Dmitry Marchenko, the active phase of war will last until the end of the year.

It will end with the liberation of Kherson. Local hostilities will then take place. The speed of the Armed Forces of the Armed Forces depends directly on the military assistance that Western partners promised to Ukraine. So far, it comes in small batches. "I think we get a complete package of this assistance, our counter -offensive actions will be very fast," the general assured.

We will remind, the adviser to the head of the office of the President Mikhail Podolyak stated that the counter -offensive of Ukrainian troops on Kherson is already going. It may not seem so large because Ukrainians are creative and their tactics are different from Russian. Counter -attacks are conducted not by large columns of equipment, as in the Russians, but by the principle of "flutter like a butterfly and sting like a bee".

Now the purpose of the Armed Forces is to cause maximum damage to the rear security of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, to destroy fuel bases, ammunition, operational and tactical headquarters. On August 6, British intelligence reported that the Russian-Ukrainian war was moving into a new phase and moving to the south of Ukraine. There, Russia throws its technique from Donbass. The most severe fighting will probably take place on the front line, 350 km long. - from Zaporozhye to Kherson.