Presidential adviser Mykhailo Podoliak told Russia on Wednesday that “reality can hurt” after a Russian-appointed official said the Ukrainian army was ready to try to retake the occupied city of Kherson and urged residents to evacuate.

Kherson, captured by the Russians on March 2, is the most populous city captured by Moscow during its invasion of Ukraine and is in territory that President Vladimir Putin says is now formally incorporated into Russia, while Ukraine and the West do not. recognize.

“Not even a month has passed since the pompous announcement of the annexation of Kherson and the celebratory concert on Red Square, and the self-proclaimed “city administration” solemnly evacuated in anticipation of Ukrainian justice. Reality can hurt if you live in a world of fictional fantasies.” “, Mykhailo Podolyak, adviser to the President of Ukraine, wrote on Twitter.

The leader installed by Russia in Ukraine’s occupied Kherson region, which Russia says it has “annexed,” said on Wednesday that authorities plan to evacuate about 50,000 to 60,000 people over the next six days amid escalating pressure from a Ukrainian counteroffensive. , reports The Guardian.

The Russian news agency TASS reports that on Tuesday the acting governor of the Moscow-controlled Kherson region, Volodymyr Saldo, announced that “the civilian population of the right edge of the region will be evacuated to the left bank of the Dnieper due to the threat of flooding.” what can happen if the Ukrainian army attacks the Kakhovskaya HPP”.

Civilians should evacuate the Russian-controlled Ukrainian city of Kherson as soon as possible because Ukrainian forces could launch an offensive at any time, a Russian official said on Tuesday, according to Reuters.

Putin’s general admits that the situation is “tense” in Kherson

Gen. Surovikin said on Tuesday that the situation on the ground in Ukraine was “tense” for his troops in the face of a Ukrainian counteroffensive after several major setbacks in the east and south, AFP and Reuters reported.

“The Russian army will first of all ensure the safe evacuation of the population” from Kherson, where Ukrainian attacks on civilian infrastructure “create a direct threat to the lives of residents,” said General Serhiy Surovikin, stressing that the situation in the city is difficult. “very difficult”.

General Surovikin is preparing Russian public opinion for the surrender of Kherson, believes one of the most famous journalists of the investigative website Bellingcat, Kristo Grozev.

Among the reasons cited by Putin’s newly appointed general, “Kyiv can use prohibited weapons, we cannot afford to endanger this population… difficult decisions must be made,” Grozev believes.

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