Armed Forces of Ukraine liberate Velykyi Potomkin Island, Kherson Oblast

As of the evening of 2 January, Ukrainian Armed Forces have liberated the island of Velykyi Potomkin between the left and right banks of the Dnipro River in Kherson Oblast. 

Source: Informed sources of Ukrainska Pravda, video shared by Oleksii Honcharenko, a parliamentarian of the European Solidarity party on Telegram

Details: Honcharenko also shared a video of a Ukrainian soldier talking about the liberation of the island.

Among other things, the video shows a military man with a Ukrainian flag in the background announcing his arrival on the island. 

According to the parliamentarian, the Armed Forces of Ukraine liberated the Velykyi Potomkin island between the left and right banks of the Dnipro River in Kherson Oblast.

Updated: Officially, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine has not yet commented on the liberation of the island. However, according to UP sources among the military in the South, the Russians were driven from the island of Velykyi Potomkin even before the New Year.

As of 15 December, this island was under the control of the Russian forces. 

In particular, on 15 December, the General Staff reported that the enemy had forcibly evacuated Ukrainian citizens living on the island of Velykyi Potomkin near Kherson to the territories still under the control of the Russian invaders.

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