The Russian occupiers in the occupied territories of Zaporizhzhia region had an "explosive" week. As a result, they no longer have a "deep rear".

This was stated by the mayor of occupied Melitopol, Ivan Fedorov, during a telethon on the morning of October 22. He noted that the week began with the elimination of the enemy base at the Berdiansk airfield, then the occupiers got "kicked in the teeth" in occupied Tokmak, twice in Melitopol and again in Berdiansk.

"It was loud in every city of the "deep rear" this week - in Melitopol, Berdiansk and Henichesk," he said.

Fedorov added that Berdiansk caused the greatest losses to the enemy, as a large number of occupiers' helicopters were destroyed at the airfield, which were one of the biggest threats to our military on the Zaporizhzhia front line.

"Yesterday, there was also an explosion on the territory of the temporarily occupied Berdiansk, and it was on the territory of the airfield, so the elimination of the enemy continues there. But the most important thing is that the enemy clearly understands that he has no deep rear in the temporarily occupied territory of Zaporizhzhia region," said the mayor of Melitopol.

Fedorov added that the occupiers did not sleep a single night thanks to the accurate work of the Armed Forces and the Special Operations Forces, ATACMS missiles and Melitopol partisans, and promised that "to be continued."

Now, he said, the occupiers are moving manpower and heavy equipment and dispersing them.

They have begun to deploy even more personnel on the Azov coast, in Genichesk, Kyrylivka and Pryazovske, where the invaders have set up the largest training bases. One of them is located between Berdiansk and Mariupol.

In addition, this week the enemy began building another defense line, Fedorov said.

"The enemy started bringing concrete structures and regular batches of "dragon's teeth" to the ports of Mariupol and Berdiansk by ship to build another defense line," he said.

The occupants are preparing such lines between Berdiansk and Marupol, as well as in the direction of Polohy and Tokmak.

As reported by OBOZ.UA, in the evening of October 21, a powerful explosion occurred in the occupied Berdiansk near the airfield, which was already attacked by ATACMS missiles a few days ago.

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