Officials appointed by Moscow in Kherson said that the counterattack campaign to recapture the upcoming Ukrainian city and the Russian troops will resist to the end.
We predict that the attack will soon take place and the Ukrainian side does not hide it, Vladimir Saldo, the leader of Kherson province, appointed by Russia, today said.
Saldo said the entire Russian government has relocated from the city of Kherson, moving towards the left bank of Dnieper River, and the common people are evacuated from the area that will take place military activities.
The city will hold.
I drove through the center of the area this morning.
Ukrainian soldiers patrol in the village near the boundary of Kherson province on October 7.
The Kherson government plans to evacuate 50,000-60,000 people in 6 days and some areas in Russia are preparing to receive evacuation.
No one was going to give up Kherson, but residents in the city were about to fight, which was unexpected, Salo said.
The Ukrainian army has not commented on this information.
Kherson was one of the four Ukrainian provinces that Russia announced the merger last month and was the first major city to control after launching a military campaign on February 24.
However, the Ukrainian force is promoting the counterattack campaign in the South and increasingly approaching the city.
General Sergei Surovikin, the first commander of the Russian military campaign in Ukraine, acknowledged the situation in Kherson is very tense and the Russian military may be forced to make difficult decisions.
The location of Kherson province and the battle situation in southern Ukraine.
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