A funny video appeared on social networks showing that the Russian occupation authorities in Kherson used a children’s toy train during the evacuation of the civilian population.

However, the passenger in the train is not visible, so Dmytro, the founder of the famous website War Translated, notes that the Russians really stole it.

The Russian-installed occupation authorities in Kherson have been asking Moscow to evacuate the region since October 13.

“We have offered all residents of the Kherson region who want to protect themselves from (Ukrainian) missile attacks to go to other regions of Russia,” wrote the head of the Regional State Administration Volodymyr Saldo in Telegram, also urging residents to take it. children and leave.

The next day, his deputy Kyrylo Stremousov tried to present the evacuation of the region as a “holiday” in Russia for its residents.

The first footage of the evacuation of the civilian population from this southern Ukrainian region appeared on October 19, the occupation authorities announced that they wanted to “relocate” 60,000 residents in 6 days.

In its assessment of the development of the conflict in Ukraine on October 28, the Institute for the Study of War noted that in the conditions of the uncertain situation at the front, the Russian occupation authorities began to accelerate the evacuation of Kherson.

What is happening in Kherson

After the Ukrainian armed forces managed to break through the eastern part of the Kherson front in early October, the situation on the frontline currently looks unclear, and the authorities in Kyiv are returning to the regime of operational silence established since the beginning of the long operation. expected a counteroffensive in the south of the country on August 29.

But the other day, the Ukrainian military reported that residents of the regional center of the city of Kherson received a warning on their phones from the occupation authorities asking them to leave the city as soon as possible.

It is reported that the Russian military informed civilians that the Ukrainian army was preparing for a massive attack and asked them to immediately withdraw to the right bank of the city. Russian troops here are preparing for a new Ukrainian offensive to recapture the city of Kherson, the only major regional capital that the Russian military has managed to capture since the “special forces operation” began on February 24.

The spokeswoman for the Southern Military District of Ukraine, Nataliya Gumenyuk, said on public television in Kyiv that the Russians simultaneously “occupied and evacuated” Kherson, trying to convince Ukrainians that they were leaving, when in fact they were strengthening their positions.

“There are defense units that have strengthened quite a lot, a certain amount of equipment has been left behind, firing positions have been set up,” she explained.

She also stated that the Russians were moving their elite units and officers to the left (east) bank of the Dnieper, leaving those on the right bank without the possibility of evacuation, and that they were leaving units here to fight “to the last”. breath”.

The Russian occupation authorities declare that the city of Kherson has been left without electricity and water.

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