“We are going to resettle and relocate up to 70,000 people,” who are currently located in a strip 15 kilometers to the east on the left bank of the Dnieper, Governor Vladimir Saldo, stationed by Moscow in Kherson, said on Russian radio. Solovyov Weaver program.
Last week, the Russian occupying forces announced that 70,000 civilians had left their homes located to the west on the right bank of the river and closer to the front line.
Saldo said the new diversion operations were decided on the risk of a “possible missile strike” against a dam located on the river, whose failure would “flood the left bank.”
“We have already started” these new operations, and people will be transported to places located further from Kherson or to “other regions of Russia,” Saldo said, without elaborating.
On Monday evening, Saldo said the withdrawal would also allow the Russian army to organize “defenses to repel a Ukrainian attack,” hinting at the possibility of Kyiv troops crossing the Dnieper.
The Kherson region is partly controlled by Russia, which in October annexed the part it conquered, along with three other regions of Ukraine under its control.
Ukrainian troops have been advancing for several weeks now to recapture the Kherson region, moving from west to east.
In mid-October, in connection with the territorial seizures by Ukrainian soldiers, the Russian occupation authorities asked the inhabitants of the right bank to leave their homes and cross the river.
However, in Kyiv, water and electricity supplies have been “completely restored” throughout the city, 24 hours after Russian attacks hit distribution facilities, city mayor Vitali Klitschko said on the Telegram social network.
Intense Russian attacks on Ukrainian infrastructure have deprived 80% of the city’s residents of water and cut off electricity to 350,000 homes.
The military offensive launched by Russia on February 24 in Ukraine has already led to the flight of more than 13 million people – more than six million internally displaced people and more than 7.7 million to European countries, according to the latest UN figures. this migration crisis was the worst in Europe since the Second World War (1939-1945).
The Russian invasion, justified by President Vladimir Putin as the need to “denazify” and demilitarize Ukraine for Russia’s security, was condemned by the international community as a whole, which responded by sending weapons to Ukraine and imposing political and economic sanctions.
The UN has presented 6,430 civilian deaths and 9,865 wounded as confirmed since the start of the war, emphasizing that these figures are much lower than the real ones.
