Images are circulating on social media showing the Russian flag being removed from the building of the Kherson Regional Administration, which is located on the west bank of the city, where Ukrainian forces advanced significantly a few weeks ago. The Ukrainian official calls for caution regarding “unusual maneuvers” by Moscow.

Russian propagandist Oleksandr Kots published a video showing the flag being flown not on the administration building in Kherson, but on the building opposite, according to military analyst Rob Lee of the Foreign Policy Institute, which regularly tracks military units sent by Putin. in Ukraine.

Also, Rob Lee says that the Russian Telegram channel confirmed the removal of the Russian flag from the administrative building in Kherson.

Russian troops have moved their regional headquarters to the left bank of the Dnieper, the Center of Ukrainian National Resistance of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine also claims, citing The Guardian.

The Russians are still holding positions along the second line of defense, say both Moscow and Kyiv.

Another video on social media shows that the Russian checkpoint has been abandoned, and the people of Kherson applauded when they noticed it.

Nataliya Gumenyuk, the press secretary of the Southern Command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, urges caution and says that Russia’s unusual maneuvers in Kherson could be a trap for the involvement of Ukrainian forces.

An official of the Russian administration says that “probably” Russian troops are withdrawing to the left bank of the Dnieper

Russia has evacuated residents of Kherson, claiming that Ukraine is planning to deliberately flood the region by striking the hydroelectric dam in Novy Kakhovets.

One of the leaders of the government imposed by Russia, Kyrylo Stremousov, in his Telegram channel, encourages new “evacuations” of civilians from the city, which Kyiv calls in fact forced deportation.

Kyrylo Stremousov said about the “probability of the departure of Russian troops to the left bank”, reports the Russian publication “Kommersant”.

Ukraine claims that Russia is planning a false flag attack on the Novaya Kakhovskaya HPP dam.

The head of the GUR does not believe that the Russian troops are withdrawing

​The Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine (GUR) does not expect the withdrawal of Russian troops from the occupied city of Kherson in southern Ukraine, on the contrary, for its defense, dpa and Agerpres report.

On the contrary, the Russian army is preparing to defend the city, the administrative center of the oblast of the same name, said the head of the State Administration of Ukraine Kyrylo Budanov in an extended interview with the local publication “Ukrainian Pravda” on Monday.

“The Russian occupiers create the impression that they are leaving Kherson, but in fact they are deploying new units there,” Budanov said in the aforementioned interview.

According to Budanov, quoted by Reuters, the evacuation, which was previously announced by the Russians, will be part of a disinformation campaign.

The Russians were preparing for defensive operations in the Kherson region

According to the Institute for the Study of War, on Wednesday Russian troops continued preparations for defensive operations on the Dnieper in the Kherson region.

The Southern Operational Command of Ukraine once again noted that Russian troops are trying to hold their positions and are conducting defensive actions.

The Ukrainian General Staff and other Ukrainian sources also noted that Russian forces are controlling the evacuation of the civilian population from certain settlements on the eastern bank of the Dnieper.

Social media users reported that in Golya Prystan, 10 km south of Kherson, on the eastern bank, Russian troops are placing prefabricated concrete “casemates” — concrete defensive structures with special spaces for the use of small arms and artillery systems. Dnipro.

The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation claims that Russian troops repelled Ukrainian attacks along the current front line in the north of the Kherson region, but ISW could not confirm these claims.

Residents of Kherson published photos and footage of the consequences of the Ukrainian strike near the Antoniv bridge, which, according to Russian media bloggers, was carried out with the help of HIMARS.