Residents of Kherson Oblast are urged to prepare shelters to "survive the counteroffensive of the Armed Forces of Ukraine"

ROMAN PETRENKO — SATURDAY, 9 JULY 2022, 18:40

Residents of occupied Kherson Oblast should leave the oblast, and those who cannot should prepare for hostilities, look for shelter, water and food, said Yurii Sobolevskyi, First Deputy Chairman of the Kherson Oblast Council.

Source: Sobolevskyi, during a 24/7 national joint newscast

Quote from Sobolevskyi: "All the same, our people need to leave.

I know that it is very difficult and not everyone has the opportunity, but it must be done. Those who can't do it in any way should prepare for the fact that shelter will be needed again, it is necessary to prepare a supply of water, a certain supply of food in order to survive the offensive of our troops. We understand that our guys will work as carefully, surgically as possible to save every life, but war is war."

Details: According to Sobolevskyi, in Kherson Oblast, the Armed Forces of Ukraine have had more and more success recently.

Background: Iryna Vereshchuk, Deputy Prime Minister, is calling on residents of the occupied areas of Kherson and Zaporizhzhia oblasts to evacuate by all possible means.