Stremousov announced the possible abandonment of Kherson by the Russian army The Russian army is likely to leave Kherson and go to the left bank of the Dnieper, said Kirill Stremousov, deputy head of the Kherson region.
He called on the civilians remaining in the city to leave it as soon as possible. The authorities of the Kherson region had previously moved to Genichesk.
Kirill Stremousov, Deputy head of the administration of the Kherson region, said that the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation are highly likely to leave for the left bank of the Dnieper. He announced this on the air of the program "Solovyov Live".
The official added that people who did not have time to leave Kherson "should leave as quickly as possible."
At the same time, Stremousov said that the situation at the front remains stable, the Armed Forces of Ukraine are not preparing for a mass offensive and are not concentrating manpower.
Departure of the authorities
On the morning of November 3, the Readovka edition reported that the Russian state flag had disappeared from the regional administration building in Kherson.
"The Russian tricolor has disappeared from the administration building in the city," the correspondent of Readovka said.
The authorities of Kherson explained the absence of the Russian flag in the city center by the fact that the government moved to another city.
"The government was transferred to Genichesk in full force last week. The building on the square housed the RSA of Ukraine. There were no Russian administrative departments there initially, the building was mothballed," he quotes Ura.ru message from the administration.
On October 28, the evacuation of civilians from the right bank of the Dnieper River in the Kherson region ended, Deputy head of the region Kirill Stremousov said.
The acting governor of the Kherson region, Vladimir Saldo, stated that by the end of October, tens of thousands of people had been transported to the left bank. According to him, the citizens who left the right bank of the Dnieper will remain in the evacuation sites until "victory is won."
The Russian troops almost completely withdrew from the Kharkiv region in September. The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation announced the regrouping of troops located in the areas of Balakleya and Izyum to increase efforts in the Donetsk direction. In addition, the Snake Island in the Black Sea and the territories occupied by Russian troops in the Kiev, Sumy and Chernihiv regions were previously abandoned.
Two scenarios
A possible withdrawal of Russian troops in the Kherson direction can trigger two scenarios. This was stated by Konstantin Sivkov, Doctor of Military Sciences, military expert, in a conversation with the OSN.
He stressed that, purely from a military point of view, the withdrawal of Russian troops to the left bank of the Dnieper is in no way connected with the alleged abandonment of Kherson. According to Sivkov, the AFU has not had any military successes in the Kherson region so far.
Sivkov recalled that a couple of days ago, the General Staff of Ukraine reported on the daily buildup of forces of the Russian group near Kherson.
On October 28, the military correspondent of VGTRK, Alexander Sladkov, said that the Russian military "deceived" Kiev and its NATO allies by applying a scheme with the "abandonment of Kherson."
"We were loudly saddened by the mouth of Sergei Surovikin, saying, "most likely, we will leave Kherson" - there was a hint. And the Ukrainians really went on the offensive ten hours later. Pyk-myk, but it didn't work out and it doesn't work out," he wrote.
According to him, in this way the Russian troops "won precious two weeks in order to integrate the population of the Kherson region into Russia" and turn Kherson "into a modern Russian giant fortress" protecting Crimea on the way through Odessa to Transnistria.
Peter Nikolaev
