Russian-installed authorities order evacuation of Kherson in face of Ukrainian counteroffensive News HEAD TOPICS
Russian-installed authorities order evacuation of Kherson in face of Ukrainian counteroffensive
10/22/2022 9:17:00 PM Southern city is the only provincial capital that Russia has held since it invaded in February
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Russian-installed authorities in the occupied city of Kherson on Saturday urged residents to leave immediately in the face of a looming counteroffensive by Ukraine’s armed force. Southern city is the only provincial capital that Russia has held since it invaded in February ’s armed forces that aimed to recapture the southern city.“Due to the tense situation at the front, the increased danger of massive shelling of the city and the threat of terrorist attacks, all civilians must immediately leave the city,” a statement on the Russianadministration’s Telegram channel said Saturday.Urging people to board boats across the Dnieper River, Russian authorities also said in the statement that all departments and ministries of the Kremlin-installed administration should leave the southern city, which has been in the hands of Russian forces since they invaded Read more:
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On Saturday's 'America Right Now,' Tom Basile explains why American parents need to demand better phonics for their kids in schools in the upcoming November ... Read more >> Live blog: Zelenskyy accuses Russia of mining dam in southern UkrainePresident Zelenskyy accuses Russia of planting mines at a hydroelectric dam in the Kherson region of southern Ukraine, which is under the control of Moscow's forces, as fighting enters its 240th day Follow our live coverage:👇 They blew up their dam in the few days in kyv to slowdown the Russian forces ,they want to do it again but this time they want sympathy. Why is he accusing Russia? It's clear that he is at war with Moscow. If he can't fight again he should quit and stopping making this war everyone else problem. In war everything is fair! The US says Tehran has sent military trainers to Moscow-annexed Crimea to help Russian forces use Iranian-made drones against Ukraine Follow our live coverage:👇 Zelensky accuses Russia of plotting to blow up dam to flood Kherson region of southern Ukraine‘SAME AS WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION’: In his nightly video address, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky accused Russia of mining Kakhovka hydroelectric power plant upriver from Kherson with the intent of blowing the dam to flood a large area of southern Ukraine as its troops are forced to… Russia will kill more Ukrainians because little man can’t win! At the end Putin will be left with NOTHING! Zelensky warns Russia plans to blow up a major dam in a ‘false flag’ attack, flooding southern Ukraine.President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine warned on Thursday that Russia was preparing a “false flag” operation to blow up a large hydroelectric dam in the south of the country. Why would the Russians do that? If they consider the territory that they will flood in the event of a disaster to be their own? Zelensky got caught in a lie again This is exactly what the Russians said about the Ukrainians. Why would the Russians do that if they that’s their territory? Because we see such behaviour of the Rus state for many years: Do something terrible and blame it on someone else, use it as a false flag. Ukraine Rations Power and Warns of Lethal Winter, Despite Battle GainsRussia may be preparing to retreat from the southern city of Kherson, Western analysts say, but Ukraine’s president warned of possible destruction of a dam upstream. Russia Ratchets Up Panic as Civilians Told to Leave KhersonUkrainian officials have raised alarms about whether civilians are being “forced” to take residence in areas controlled by Russia—for strategic rather than humanitarian purposes. Russia has disputed those claims. Putin seen firing sniper rifle as Zelensky warns of Russia attack on Kherson damRussia’s Vladimir Putin was seen on video firing a sniper rifle while visiting a boot camp ahead of what could be one of the most important battles for the Kherson region in Ukraine, where of… Ukraine ’s armed forces that aimed to recapture the southern city.Civilians evacuated from the Russian-controlled Kherson region of Ukraine arrive at a railway station in the town of Dzhankoi, Crimea on October 20, 2022.‘SAME AS WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION’: In his nightly video address, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky accused Russia of mining Kakhovka hydroelectric power plant upriver from Kherson with the intent of blowing the dam to flood a large area of southern Ukraine as its troops are forced to withdraw from the region.Updated 7:58 p. “Due to the tense situation at the front, the increased danger of massive shelling of the city and the threat of terrorist attacks, all civilians must immediately leave the city,” a statement on the Russian administration’s Telegram channel said Saturday. Urging people to board boats across the Dnieper River, Russian authorities also said in the statement that all departments and ministries of the Kremlin-installed administration should leave the southern city, which has been in the hands of Russian forces since they invaded Ukraine in February. "According to our information, the aggregate and dam of the Kakhovka hydroelectric power plant were mined by Russian terrorists," Zelenskyy said. Ukrainian forces bombarded Russian positions and targeted supply routes across the province on Friday, inching closer to a full assault on the only provincial capital that has remained in Russian hands throughout the war.” Zelensky called for a “preventive response” to deter Russia from inflicting what would be a humanitarian crisis on the civilian population and could also deprive the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Station of the water needed to cool its reactors. The Kakhovka Hydroelectric Power Plant on the Dnipro River in Kherson Oblast, Ukraine.. Olga Maltseva / AFP via Getty Images file The order came after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Russian forces had planted explosives inside the huge Nova Kakhovka dam on the Dnieper River, which holds back an enormous reservoir. “We have information that Russian terrorists mined the dam and aggregates of the Kakhovka hydroelectric power plant,” he said on Thursday via video link to a meeting of European leaders in Brussels. In a late-night television address he said Moscow was planning to blow up the dam and that “would mean a large-scale disaster. the North Crimean canal will simply disappear", and this would be "a catastrophe on a grand scale", the Ukraine leader added.” ISW: RUSSIA PREPARING ‘FALSE FLAG ATTACK’: The latest campaign assessment from the Institute for the Study of War said Russia is likely planning to blame destruction of the dam on Ukraine in a “false flag” operation.” Russia has accused Kyiv of firing rockets at the dam. Neither side produced evidence to back up its allegations." For live updates from Thursday (October 20), click. Zelenskyy's comments came before more than 1 million people woke up without power Saturday, after a wave of Russian strikes pounded critical infrastructure in several cities across the country, Kyrylo Tymoshenko, a deputy head of the Ukrainian president’s office, said in a statement.” The dam at the Kakhovka hydroelectric plant holds over 4. Power outages were reported in regions around by Ukrainian presidential adviser Oleksii Arestovych, who said on Twitter that communication networks in the capital had been hit by Russian missiles. In Thursday by Tass, the Russian state news agency, Kirill Stremousov, the Moscow-backed Kherson regional deputy governor, was quoted as saying that the potential “sabotage” of the dam by Ukrainian forces would not cause a “critical” situation in the area. He said that five had been shot down by his country's forces. Infrastructure in the southern city of Odesa had also been hit, he said.” RUSSIA PREPARES FOR FULL RETREAT FROM WEST BANK: The Ukrainian service of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty is reporting that Russian forces are moving military equipment from the west bank to the east bank of the Dnipro River in the face of recent Ukrainian advances. NBC News could not independently verify these claims, but officials in the western cities of Lviv, Khmelnytskiy, Volyn and Rivne also reported attacks. “As a result of the strikes, there is no power supply in part of the Rivne district,” Vitaly Koval, the governor of Rivne, said on his Telegram channel, adding that electrical substations had been damaged. He said the attacks produced no casualties. “Russian forces are likely setting conditions to remove military and occupation elements from the west bank of the Dnipro River in anticipation of imminent Ukrainian advances,” said the ISW. Kherson is about 57 miles downstream of Kakhovka. His comments were echoed by Ihor Polishchuk, the mayor of Lutsk, who said in a post on his Facebook page that part of the city had lost its electricity supply. Firefighters work to put out a fire in residential building after a "kamikaze drone" attack in Kyiv, Ukraine, on Monday. Paula Bronstein / Getty Images .” BIDEN SLAMS GOP FOR WANTING TO SCALE DOWN UKRAINE AID Good Friday morning and welcome to Jamie McIntyre’s Daily on Defense, written and compiled by Washington Examiner National Security Senior Writer Jamie McIntyre (@jamiejmcintyre) and edited by Stacey Dec.