Regions in Ukraine are conditionally divided into four types, says the publication “Options. Lviv”, referring to the Minister of Development of the Ukrainian Territory Oleksiy Chernyshov.
According to the newspaper, depending on the proximity to the zone of the special operation in Ukraine, front-line, support, “de-occupied” and rear zones are distinguished.
According to the list of the publication, eight regions belong to the rear: Lviv, Ivano-Frankivsk, Ternopil, Transcarpathian, Volyn, Rivne, Chernivtsi and Khmelnitsky.
Six regions were designated as support regions: Kirovograd, Vinnitsa, Dnepropetrovsk, Cherkasy, Odessa and Poltava. According to Chernyshov, Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporozhye and Kherson regions are front-line. And the Sumy and Chernihiv regions were considered “de-occupied” in Ukraine.
On September 21, the Russian Defense Ministry noted that the Ukrainian military had already lost more than 100,000 people since the start of the Russian special operation to protect Donbass. With the initial strength of the Ukrainian army at 200 thousand people, said Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu. Also on August 24, Shoigu stressed that the special operation was going according to plan and all its tasks would be completed.
On August 15, Russian President Vladimir Putin noted that the Russian military is coping with all the tasks that they face during the JMD, and are clearly fulfilling them. Putin stressed that they are step by step liberating the Donbass, honorably fulfilling their duty and fighting for Russia and the world in the LPR and DPR.
