Russia admitted on Tuesday the difficulties its army is going through in the Kherson region, where the advance of the Ukrainian counter-offensive led the Russian government to announce the evacuation of some cities in the region, as requested a few days ago by the pro-Authority. Russians in the area.
Duma chairman Viacheslav Volodin announced Tuesday that Russia would be tasked with preparing an evacuation of Jerson, which he promised would be “voluntary”. as reported Village. The province, bordering the adjoining Crimean peninsula, has been under Russian rule since the Russian invasion began last February.
Just this Tuesday, Moscow denounced a Ukrainian attack in the city of Nueva Kajovka, where two people are said to have lost their lives and a third was injured by shrapnel.
The pro-Russian governor of Kherson, Volodimir Saldo, reported that the population of the eastern sector of the region has started to be evacuated to the western part of the Dnieper River due to threats of a possible attack on the hydroelectric power plant.
The Russian general Sergei Surovikin, commander of the “special military operation” in Ukraine, instead assured in his first interview since taking office that the army will be in charge of ensuring the safe evacuation of the civilian population in Kherson.
“It is difficult to bring food into the city and there are some problems with the water and electricity supplies. All of this not only makes the daily life of its inhabitants difficult, but also creates a direct threat to their lives, “Surovikin stressed.
Situation on the battlefield
As for the situation on the entire battlefield, Surovikin called it “tense” and stressed that Russia is trying to expand the number of military units and the number of reservists along the front.
As reported by the military high command, the Ukrainian armed forces are now moving all their troops to the front lines, although they have stressed that these troops are not sufficiently prepared.
According to Surovikin “the enemy is a criminal regime that pushes Ukrainian citizens to death. The Ukrainians and we are a people and we want one thing: Ukraine is a friendly state of Russia and independent from the West and NATO. ”
The commander of the Russian forces in Ukraine warned, without providing data, that he had information on a possible attack by Ukraine with “prohibited methods of warfare” against the city of Kherson. Surovikin stressed that Russia is trying to expand the strength of military units and the number of reservists along the front.
He also praised the use of Kinzhal hypersonic missiles and fifth-generation Su-57 fighters when launching high-precision attacks on command centers and civilian infrastructure, bombing aimed at reducing the combat potential of the Ukrainian army.
Several dozen people have been killed in the past ten days in massive Russian suicide missile and drone attacks on major cities in Ukraine, which have damaged 30% of the country’s energy output.
Meanwhile, 14 people died on Monday when a fighter-bomber crashed on its way to Ukraine in the courtyard of a residential building on the shores of the Azov Sea.
