Russian occupiers are increasingly afraid for Kherson: Surovikin allows for "difficult decisions"
UKRAINSKA PRAVDA — TUESDAY, 18 OCTOBER 2022, 21:21
Sergey Surovikin, the new commander of the Russian army in Ukraine, does not rule out making "difficult decisions" regarding the future arrival of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in occupied Kherson.
Source: Surovikin in a conversation with journalists on Tuesday, reported by Interfax
Quote from Surovikin: "Further actions regarding Kherson will depend on the emerging military-tactical situation; it is not easy, difficult decisions cannot be ruled out."
Details: Surovikin also made a statement about the alleged upcoming missile strike on Kherson and on the Kakhovka Hydroelectric Power Plant by the Armed Forces of Ukraine, and said that allegedly because of this the population would be "evacuated" from the city.
"We will be guided by the need to preserve the lives of the civilian population and our military personnel as much as possible," Surovikin said.
Surovikin admitted that the situation is intense - the Ukrainian army is breaking through Russian defences.
Background:
- Western military officials believe that the Ukrainian army can liberate Kherson from the Russian invaders as early as late October.
- Volodymyr Saldo, the Russian-appointed puppet governor of Kherson Oblast, has appealed to the Russian leadership, asking to help evacuate residents from the region. The Russian Federation said that it would provide "free accommodation" to all persons coming to Russia from Kherson Oblast.
- According to the General Staff, the Russians have begun the process of evacuating so-called state institutions from the occupied part of Kherson Oblast to the occupied Crimea.
- The Russian occupiers are taking collaborators and their families from Kherson to Russian-occupied Crimea.
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