There was no demining: the General of the Armed Forces explained why the enemy managed to capture Kherson quickly

According to him, all explosive devices have been in order, and their number has only increased since 2016. Nayev noted that the work on mines of bridges and other objects that had to be carried out in case of invasion of the enemy was carried out in 2016. In the following years, these systems were maintained in working order, and in 2019-2020 due to weather conditions and time factor, all the blasters that could fail.

"The number of mine and explosive barriers (Ministry of Internal Affairs), which were laid in 2016, was slightly increased, but not reduced. Accordingly, the lines that were managed to manage the blasting of certain objects were checked," Nayev said, adding that As a result of the audit in the fall of 2021, all the Ministry of Internal Affairs were in good working order.

In addition, a few days before the start of the Russian invasion of the commanders of the Armed Forces, who performed the task in the Kherson region at that time received an order to bring the Ministry of Internal Affairs to "Ready number one". According to General, at the end of February there was a battalion at the end of February, which was responsible for undermining these objects as needed.

Nayev said that such a blast was made in some places, reminding of the Hero of Ukraine Vitaliy Skakun, who at the cost of his life undermined the Genichesky Automobile Bridge. However, Nayev did not answer the question who is responsible for the rapid promotion of the enemy in the Kherson direction at the end of February. "How the fighting took place there, and who and how it acted, those commanders who performed the tasks directly there can be answered.