Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Saturday that Ukrainian military forces had regained control of more than 60 towns in Kherson following the withdrawal of the Russian army from that southern region of the country.
“As of tonight, the defense forces have regained control in more than 60 towns in the Kherson region and the police have begun to take stabilization measures,” said the Ukrainian president in his usual late-night speech broadcast on the networks. social.
Zelensky added that bomb disposal specialists “have a lot of work to do” in this territory, considering that almost 2,000 explosive devices have already been removed, including mines, booby traps and unexploded ordnance.
He also added that ten groups of experts in deactivation of explosive devices work in the region, together with the police and various units of the defense forces.
“Before fleeing from Kherson, the Russians destroyed all critical infrastructure: communications, water supply, heating and electricity,” lamented the Ukrainian president.
Volodymyr Zelensky also thanked the defense and intelligence forces “for the brilliant work of the Kherson liberation tasks,” adding that “they will do the same in Henichesk and Melitopol.”
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine on February 24 has already caused the flight of more than 13 million people -more than six million internally displaced persons and more than 7.8 million to European countries-, according to the latest UN data. , which classifies this refugee crisis as the worst in the world. Europe since World War II (1939-1945).
The Russian invasion – justified by Russian President Vladimir Putin as the need to “denazify” and demilitarize Ukraine for Russia’s security – was condemned by the wider international community, which has responded by sending arms to Ukraine and imposing them on Russia in political and economic sanctions.
The UN presented as confirmed since the beginning of the war 6,490 dead civilians and 9,972 wounded, stressing that these figures are far below the real ones.
Source: TSF
