About 15,000 people have already been evacuated from Ukraine’s Kherson region, on the left bank of the Dnieper River, said the deputy governor of that Russia-annexed area, Kiril Stremusov.
“About 15,000 inhabitants have already heeded the recommendations of the authorities of the Kherson region and moved to the left bank of our region,” Stremusov wrote on his Twitter account, where he released a video showing a boat with people on it. the river.
The pro-Russian Ukrainian leader thanked his supporters for their trust and added: “Remember that the life of each of you, for us and for Russia, is more important than any material possession.”
“Believe me, everything will go well. The Kherson region has been liberated from Nazism forever,” he emphasized.
Stremusov indicated that “soon the Ukrainian regions of Mykolaiv, Odessa and Dnipropetrovsk will be liberated”, adding that for the inhabitants of Kherson “it will be another country, another story”.
Last Thursday, October 13, the Moscow-appointed interim governor of the Kherson region, Vladimir Saldo, requested the civilian population of the part of that area that lies on the right bank of the Dnieper to move to the other bank, in the face of advancing Ukrainian troops.
This Wednesday, as the organized withdrawal began, Saldo said more than 7,000 civilians were transported to the left bank of the Dnieper River by “ferries” on the first day.
In total, the pro-Russian authorities want to evacuate between 50,000 and 60,000 residents within six days.
Moreover, they have already installed the power structures of the civil and military administration outside the regional capital, including on the other side of the river.
The military offensive launched by Russia in Ukraine on Feb. 24 has already resulted in more than 13 million people fleeing — more than six million internally displaced persons and more than 7.7 million to European countries — according to the latest data from the UN, which ranks this refugee crisis as the worst in Europe since World War II (1939-1945).
The Russian invasion – justified by Russian President Vladimir Putin, with the need to “denazify” and demilitarize Ukraine for Russia’s security – was condemned by the generality of the international community, which has responded by sending arms to Ukraine and impose it on Russia. political and economic sanctions.
The UN has presented 6,306 civilians killed and 9,602 injured since the start of the war, which has entered its 239th day today, stressing that these numbers are far below the real one.
Source: DN
