Offensive in the Kherson region: Pentagon stated that they were aware of the successes of the Armed Forces

The Armed Forces of Ukraine are active fighting in several sections of the front. Russian units are partially retreating in the south, but it is not necessary to ahead of events, the US Defense Ministry was stated. The US military is aware of successful operations of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on some parts of the front. A spokesman for Pentagon Patrick Ryder said this at a briefing. "I will not talk about the tactical level or details of the battle.

But I will say that we know about Ukrainian military operations for forward. There are some cases of retreating Russian units in the Kherson region," he said. The United States, he said, show sensitivity in this matter and will not run in advance so as not to get ahead of the event. According to Rider, it is important to give the Ukrainian military time and space for operations.

The United States still work carefully with the Armed Forces, allies and partners around the world to guarantee the existence of means to fight against Russia, he said. Ryder announced that US Defense Minister Lloyd Austin and the Chairman of the Joint Committee of Staff Millie's headquarters will visit the American Air Base Ramstein in Germany next week. There they will hold a meeting of the participants of the contact group on defense of Ukraine on September 8.

It will be the fifth meeting of Ukrainian allies and donors. High -ranking Pentagon persons, together with the Ministers of Defense and military officials from 50 countries, will discuss the war of Ukraine on the Russian Federation and coordinate on the assistance of the Armed Forces, the Pentagon Prescribe stressed. After the meeting, Austin will visit the Czech Republic on September 9 and meet with his colleague to discuss security problems, the US Ministry said.

It should be noted that Lloyd Austin appointed a brigade General of the US Air Force Patrick Ryider with a new Pentagon spokesman in early August. In this position, he changed John Kirby, who started working in the White House and informing the media about the state's foreign policy. Recall that the Pentagon has previously talked about signing a $ 182 million contract with Ukraine, which will be transferred by 2 NASAMS anti-aircraft missile complexes. Supply is planned for 2024.

Advisor to the Presidential Office of Ukraine Mikhail Podolyak earlier declared the onset of the Armed Forces of Ukraine not only in the Kherson direction. The Ukrainian military expel enemies in the Melitopol and Kharkiv directions. Thanks to the effective work of the calculation of "Grads", Ukrainian artillerymen have success in the Kherson direction. One of the commanders of the unit confessed that sometimes the military even had to drink coffee.