The Russian occupying forces, before the probable retreat from captured Kherson, began to destroy its infrastructure. Local residents told the publication “Most” and the Institute of Mass Information about this.
Invaders blew up the boiler houses and the Oblenergo facility, as well as the TV center near the TV tower, journalists reported. The tower itself is intact.
The occupiers also blew up several mobile phone towers, the city is without power, the media reports. Communication is available only in the area of the Antonivsky bridge.
At the end of August, the Armed Forces of Ukraine began offensive actions, in particular in the Kherson region. According to official data, as of October 24, the Ukrainian military has liberated more than 90 settlements in the region.
On October 25, the General Staff of the Armed Forces reported that the occupiers were setting up defensive positions on the left bank of the Dnieper in the Kherson region.
Russian troops have partially left Kherson, but the units that will hold the defense during the offensive of the Armed Forces of Ukraine remained there, Nataliya Humenyuk, the head of the press center of the defense forces of southern Ukraine, reported on November 7.
On November 9, Russian Defense Minister Serhiy Shoigu, after the report of the commander of the joint group of Russian troops in Ukraine, Serhiy Surovikin, ordered the withdrawal of troops from Kherson and the right bank of the Kherson region. According to Surovikin, the maneuver of the Russian troops “will be carried out in the near future.”
On November 10, the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Valery Zaluzhny, said that the Armed Forces of Ukraine could neither confirm nor deny the “withdrawal” of Russian troops from Kherson and continued to attack according to their own plan.
While the Armed Forces methodically, according to the plan of the General Staff, are approaching Kherson, the Russian occupiers are trying to do more damage in the regional center.
For example, in Kherson, Russian fascists blew up boiler houses and the oblenergo facility. In addition, the TV center near the TV tower was blown up. The TV tower itself is intact.
It is reported that now there is a connection only at the Antonivsky bridge.
Yesterday, the Armed Forces advanced from two directions to Kherson, liberating 12 settlements, which was officially announced by Commander-in-Chief Valery Zaluzhny. Today, progress continues at an equally rapid pace.
Occupiers seize homes in Oleshki. The police of the Kherson Region reported this on their page.
Russians “squeeze” empty private houses on the tip of a local collaborator. A pre-trial investigation is ongoing.
Earlier it was reported that the Ukrainian military is advancing through several communities of the Kherson region.
In the Kherson region, rioters shell the entire front line – the police records the killing of civilians and destruction. This is reported by the National Police.
The police received a statement from a resident of the Mykolaiv region that near the Dariivsky bridge in the Kherson district, Russian servicemen shot her 56-year-old father and seized his Chery Tiggo car. And the police received a report from the residents of the village of Kairy, Kakhovsky district, that Russian soldiers shot a local resident at a public transport stop.
During the occupation of Velyka Oleksandrivka, the Russian military looted the building of the driving school and destroyed the property that they were unable to remove.
From the temporarily occupied Kherson, the residents of the Tavriyskyi microdistrict receive reports of looting by the Russian military, who break down the doors of apartments and take away all property (household and computer equipment, plasma TVs, refrigerators, washing machines, and clothes).
Russian servicemen shot dead two residents of the Kherson region, local residents informed the police about the crimes of the occupiers.
“The police received a statement from a resident of the Mykolaiv region that near the Daryiv bridge in the Kherson district, Russian servicemen shot her 56-year-old father and seized his Chery Tiggo car.
From the residents of In Cairo, Kakhovsky district, Kherson region, the police received a report that Russian soldiers shot a local resident at a public transport stop.
It is reported that the police have started criminal proceedings under Art. 438 “Violation of laws and customs of war” of the Criminal Code of Ukraine.
The situation in Kherson: what local residents say.
The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation announced the beginning of the withdrawal of Russian troops from Kherson to the left bank of the Dnieper. In Kyiv, such statements are perceived with restraint. And what do the people of Kherson who stay in the city say?
In the evening of November 9, the commander of the united group of Russian occupation forces in Ukraine, Serhii Surovikin, announced that the Russian Federation was moving its troops to the left bank of the Dnieper in the Kherson region, that is, it was leaving Kherson. The next day, the Ministry of Defense of Russia officially announced the start of a “maneuver” to withdraw Russian troops from Kherson to the left bank of the Dnieper.
In Kyiv, such statements were received with extreme restraint. Mykhailo Podolyak, adviser to the head of the Office of the President of Ukraine, said that Ukraine sees no signs that Russia is leaving Kherson without a fight. “A significant part of the ru group is kept in the city, additional reserves are being drawn into the region. Ukraine is liberating territories based on intelligence data, not staged television statements,” Podolyak wrote on Twitter on November 9. At the time of publication of the material, the military command of Ukraine stated that it could neither deny nor confirm information about the withdrawal of Russian occupation troops from Kherson to the left bank of the Dnieper.
Podolyak: “Russian military mines everything they can”
The Deputy Minister of Defense of Ukraine, Hanna Malyar, reported that the Russian occupation authorities are dismantling elements of the mobile equipment system in the Kherson region and removing Wi-Fi routers in order to deprive people of communication. “In populated areas of the Kherson region, the enemy is equipping artillery firing positions directly in residential buildings and carrying out engineering and fortification works, destroying private homes of citizens,” said Malyar at the briefing.
Mykhailo Podolyak believes that Russia plans to turn Kherson into ruins by shelling from the left bank. “The Russian Federation wants to make Kherson a ‘city of death’. The Russian military destroys everything they can: apartments, sewers. Artillery on the left bank plans to turn the city into ruins. This is what the ‘Russian peace’ looks like: they came, robbed, celebrated, killed “witnesses” , left the ruins, left”, – believes the adviser to the head of the Office of the President of Ukraine.
“We are now without electricity, water, heat and communication”
Despite the fact that some days there is no stable mobile and Internet connection in Kherson, DW managed to communicate with several residents of Kherson. All of them agreed to the conversation exclusively on the condition of anonymity. Most of them are scared and in despair, because due to the lack of access to information, no one understands what is happening and what to expect. “We are currently without electricity, water, heat and communication. I’m sorry, but I’m not giving any comments, because they’ve already put a bullet on my head,” said the man who suffered because of his pro-Ukrainian position.
A large part of those who remained are waiting with hope for the liberation of the city by the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU), but do not believe that the Russian military will leave the city just like that. “There is only Internet connection when you are standing on the banks of the Dnieper. The Russians just came to us and warned us that we should leave the city before lunch tomorrow, because after lunch they will start shelling Kherson and turn it into a second Mariupol. Believe it or not their threats, that’s everyone’s business, but there are practically no occupiers in the city.
Russian “aquafreshes” were removed, and there are no Russian flags anywhere in Kherson now. We are very much looking forward to the ZSU,” says Tetyana, a resident of Kherson. According to her, the so-called evacuation organized by the Russian occupation authorities was officially completed on November 8-9, but there are Kherson residents who are trying to leave the city on their own to the left bank of the Dnieper to Skadovsk, and from there through Crimea to European countries, but now it is very risky and practically impossible.
“We are really looking forward to the armed forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine”
The townspeople of Kherson are currently suffering from a lack of basic things. Roman, a utilities engineer, says that they currently have no heating in their high-rise building, there are gas outages, and the lights went out on the night of November 9-10. “But some shops are even open on the Central Market. Minibuses continue to run around the city. And the large utility buses that the city bought before the war, unfortunately, were “evacuated” by the Russians to the left bank,” says Roman.
“The light now has interruptions depending on the district, and so does the Internet,” Serhiy, head of the economy of one of the educational institutions, told DW. . According to Serhiy, in the suburbs of Kherson “it is getting louder and louder”, the sounds of explosions are regularly heard nearby, and this inspires hope that the armed forces will liberate the city.
Damage from 40% to 80%, – Humenyuk on the situation in the liberated territories of the Kherson region
Russian troops are retreating from the Kherson region, leaving behind a humanitarian catastrophe in the liberated settlements. Currently, stabilization measures are being carried out in these territories, including by law enforcement agencies. This was reported by the spokeswoman of OK “South” Nataliya Gumenyuk. The situation in these territories is complex. Infrastructural objects, communications and buildings were especially affected – in particular, the social sphere.
There are traces of the atrocities of the occupiers. Settlements take damage from 40% to 80%. Therefore, it is still too early to return to these territories,
– said Humeniuk.
According to the spokeswoman, there are traces of atrocities committed by the occupiers on the liberated territories, and materials are being collected as part of criminal proceedings on the crimes they committed during the entire period of occupation.
There are places where local pro-Ukrainian activists were rounded up and tortured. All these facts are also documented and will necessarily be made public in the scope of the expediency of criminal proceedings, the interlocutor emphasized.
Many territories are mined
Nataliya Gumenyuk noted that many of the de-occupied territories are mined, despite the fact that demining work is ongoing.
“This is also a characteristic sign of the retreat of the occupiers, and this should be taken into account by local residents in those territories from where the occupiers are disappearing,” the spokeswoman emphasized.
She said that while retreating, the occupiers also destroy roads and objects, including those of social importance and critical infrastructure. Their goal is to slow down the advance of Ukrainian troops and make life unbearable for people in these territories. The occupiers blew up the CHP plant in Kherson: the city was left without electricity and water During the retreat from Kherson, Russian troops blew up the oblenergo facility and the water canal. As a result, the city was left without electricity and water.
During the retreat from Kherson, Russian troops blew up the oblenergo facility and the water canal. As a result, the city was left without electricity and water.
This was stated by Kherson City Council deputy Yury Stelmashenko on the air of the telethon.
“The thermal power plant was also blown up. The thermal power plant, the regional energy company and the Vodokanal. That is, now, after the arrival of the Ukrainian forces, very serious stabilization measures are needed to ensure such priority needs,” he said.