The temporary occupation "authorities" are preparing to flee from the Kherson region to the temporarily occupied Crimea

The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported this.

Due to fears of the de-occupation of Ukrainian territories, local collaborators have been leaving the settlements of Oleshky and Skadovsk to Bağçasaray, Aqmescit (Simferopol), and Keriç (Kerch) since February 21. On February 24, the so-called "evacuation" was announced for all those willing.

The Russians used military trucks to transport the collaborators, and only hand luggage was allowed.

The Ukrainian military repelled 81 Russian attacks in the Kupiansk, Lyman, Bakhmut, Avdiivka, and Shakhtarske directions.

The Russian army continues to suffer heavy losses. In the area of Bakhmutivka, Donetsk region, between February 22 and 24, up to 30 bodies of dead and 65 wounded servicemen were brought to medical facilities.

Due to the successes of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, there is a mass desertion among the Russians. Russian deputy commanders for political work are actively conducting "explanatory work" to prevent desertion among Russian servicemen. In particular, they are scaring them with the fact that the Russian soldiers who left the military unit without permission were sentenced to 4 to 12 years in prison.

Over the past day, the Russians launched 5 missile and 13 air strikes, 2 of which were carried out using Shahed-136 UAVs against civilian infrastructure. The Russian army also carried out over 50 attacks from multiple launch rocket systems.

Over the past day, Ukrainian Defense Forces aviation carried out four strikes on the areas of concentration of Russian army personnel and military equipment and destroyed a Russian SU-25 attack aircraft.

Missile and artillery units struck an ammunition depot and a satellite communications jamming station over the course of the day.