Russian Authorities in Kherson have advised residents of the city of Kherson to leave "immediately" ahead of an expected Escalation in the war and to protect Civilians. The regional administration published a message on the Telegram app on Saturday, urging civilians to leave the city, citing the Ukrainian counter-offensive's expectation of retaking one of the first urban areas Russia seized after invading the country . Kherson has been in Russian hands since the early days of the nearly 8-month war in Ukraine.
The city is the capital of a region of the same name, one of four that Russian President Vladimir Putin annexed into Russia last month and placed under Russian martial law on Thursday prepare for one last push to retake the city.
The Ukrainian military has recaptured large areas in the north of the region since launching a counter-offensive in late August and Russia have retaken most of city back.
On Saturday he reported further successes and said Russian troops had been forced to withdraw from the villages of Charivne and Chkalove in Beryslav district. Kherson's Kremlin-backed authorities earlier announced plans to evacuate all Russian-appointed officials and up to 60,000 civilians across the river in what local leader Vladimir Saldo said would be an "organized phased displacement" of
Another Russia-based official on Saturday estimated that about 25,000 people crossed the Dnieper from across the region. In a Telegram post, Kirill Stremousov claimed that civilians were moving voluntarily.
Ukrainian and Western officials have raised concerns about possible forced relocations of residents to Russia or Russian-occupied territory. as human shields.
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