The Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine is conducting special tactical exercises in the Kherson region near the border with Crimea under the supervision of President Volodymyr Zelensky, Ukrinform reports.
The maneuvers take place on the territory of the villages of Kalanchak and Novoalekseevka. During the exercise, law enforcement officers will practice responding to facts of illegal crossing of checkpoints, an attempt to destroy a dam that blocks water supplies to the peninsula, the release of seized administrative buildings and the elimination of armed groups.
It is specified that more than 1,000 servicemen of the National Police, the State Emergency Service, the State Border Service and cadets are involved in the exercises, special equipment, in particular helicopters, is also involved.
During a briefing in the Kherson region, Zelensky said that there is “too much information in the information space about a deep full-scale war” with Russia and, in this regard, Ukraine should be ready any day. At the same time, the Ukrainian leader stressed, he considers the diplomatic path the only way for de-escalation.
Earlier, US national security adviser Jake Sullivan said that Russia could take aggressive steps against Ukraine during the Beijing Olympics and urged Americans to leave Ukraine.
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