Russians ‘flee’ Kherson: Putin loyalists, officials and collaborators are among thousands evacuating city as advancing Ukrainian troops close in, claims resident - after dictator unleashed missile blitz on power stations

Mailonline ^ | Updated: 14:23 EDT, 23 October 2022 | Tom Brown

[UMCRevMom@aol.com]

Russian officers and collaborators are evacuating Kherson under the guise of a 'civilian evacuation' as the Ukrainian army approaches, one resident has said.

The Ukrainian army has set its sights on liberating Kherson, the second largest city in Ukraine, from Vladimir Putin's forces.

Russia has declared a civilian evacuation to funnel residents into Russia, but civilians living there say they aren't the ones being evacuated.

'Mostly it's families of Russian officers, families of Russian officials and collaborators who helped to organise the referendum,' said a local Kherson-based activist and organiser, speaking to Sky News on condition of anonymity.

Roughly a thousand people are fleeing a day, but made up mostly of either Russians or those who aided the Russian advance in the early weeks of the war when Putin's troops captured the city on March 2.

'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 and cross to the (east) bank of the Dnipro!' occupation authorities posted on Telegram.

Ukraine's military said it was making gains as its forces moved south through the region, taking over at least two villages it said Russian troops had abandoned.

Deputy Prime Minister Iryna Vereshchuk said on Telegram: 'Kherson region! Just a little bit more. Hang in there. The Ukrainian Armed Forces are at work.'

Officials in a swath of regions on Saturday reported strikes on energy facilities and power outages as engineers scrambled to restore the network. Governors advised residents to stock up on water.

Presidential aide Mykhailo Podolyak said Moscow wanted to create a new wave of refugees into Europe with the strikes, while Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said on Twitter the attacks constituted genocide.

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“Russia Reinforces Kherson, Ukraine Evacuating Nikolaev, Shoigu Warns of Ukraine Dirty Bomb”
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[Jimmy Valentine]

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[ought-six]

“Airman, how things these days?”

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