The Russian army has announced that it has taken full control of Kherson, a major port city in southern Ukraine that has been in battle for days. According to a spokesman for the Russian Armed Forces, the entire city center is in the hands of Russian units. It says “civilian infrastructure” and public transportation are operating normally.
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If the claim is correct, it will be the largest city in Ukraine that has fallen into the hands of the Russians since the start of the conquest of Moscow: the coastal city has a population of about 280,000. The capture of Kherson meant a great victory for the Russians. It is a coastal city and an important industrial center.
The city could constitute a strategically important base for the Russian army towards the Ukrainian interior and the large port city of Odessa. In addition, the city at the mouth of the Dnipro River is an important source of water: Ukraine blocked a freshwater channel towards Crimea after Russia annexed the peninsula in 2014. Since then, Crimea has been suffering from water shortages.
No confirmation yet
However, there was no confirmation from the Ukrainian side on the fall of Kherson. Minutes earlier, the Ukrainian city mayor said Kherson was still under Ukrainian control. “We are still Ukraine. We are still resisting,” he said on his Facebook account.
The Ukrainian media had earlier reported heavy fighting in Kherson. A consultant in the Ministry of Defense spoke of the deaths of many civilians, who defended the city with so-called Molotov cocktails, among other things. The mayor admitted that the train station and port had fallen into the hands of the Russians. According to local reports, the city has been cordoned off for some time.
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