The regional governor asks Moscow for help to carry out the operation
Ukraine’s counter-offensive in the south of the country forced pro-Russian authorities in Kherson on Thursday to ask Moscow for help in evacuating civilians. This has been requested by the regional governor, Vladimir Saldo. “We ask that all residents of the Kherson region, who want to protect themselves from (Ukrainian) missiles, can go to other Russian regions,” he said on Telegram. “Take your children and leave,” he urged in a speech broadcast on social networks.
Balance has asked Russia to provide the necessary assistance “to organize such a task”. As he explained, he proposed to evacuate first the inhabitants of the municipalities on the banks of the Dnipro River, closest to the front. The idea, he pointed out, would be to transfer them to Russian regions closer to Kherson, such as the Crimean peninsula, which was annexed by Moscow in 2014, and the southern regions of Rostov, Krasnodar and Stavropol. Russia.
Kherson, along with Zaporizhzhya, Donetsk and Lugansk, is one of the four regions recently annexed by Russia. The announcement comes just hours after Kiev forces recaptured five cities in the region.
In recent weeks, the Ukrainian army has launched a fierce counter-offensive on the southern and eastern fronts. Kiev claims to have recaptured 400 square kilometers of land in Kherson in just a week.
On the other hand, British intelligence said this Thursday that Kremlin forces are already preparing to defend the provincial capital, also known as Kherson, located on the western bank of the Dnipro River.
Source: La Verdad
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