Deputy Ukrainian Ambassador to the UN Khrystyna Hayovyshyn said Ukrainians forced to head to Russia or Russian-controlled territory are being killed and tortured. Ukraine denounced Russia’s “filtration” scheme at a United Nations Security Council meeting last week. In September, the UN Security Council also said Russia’s forcible deportation of 2.5 million people from Ukraine – including 38,000 children – constitutes human rights violations. The “massive deportation of civilians” by Russia could, along with other alleged abuses, constitute crimes against humanity, according to a July report by the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE). It is difficult to say what decision they will make.” Now people make their own decisions – to leave or stay. “On the other hand, there are no guarantees that the evacuated people will be safe there and far from the front line. “On the one hand, we understand that the Armed Forces of Ukraine will liberate Kherson and the region – accordingly, there may be active hostilities, and this is a risk for the local population,” Yurii Sobolevskyi, deputy head of Ukraine’s regional council for Kherson, told CNN on Wednesday. The Ukrainian leaders-in-exile of the Kherson region accuse the Russia leaders of drumming up “hysteria” to intimidate the population and enact “voluntary deportations” to Russia, where they’ve been promised help with housing. ET), Kirill Stremousov, the deputy head of the Russian-backed administration, posted a video to his Telegram channel. On Tuesday, the rhetoric hit a new level. Last week the head of the Russian-backed administration appealed to the Kremlin to help with the evacuation of civilians near the frontline. The explosion earlier this month that badly damaged the Kerch bridge, which connects Russia to Crimea, further bottlenecked Russia’s logistics. Russia’s ability to resupply its troops in Kherson has been severely hampered by frequent Ukrainian missile and artillery strikes on Russian-controlled bridges crossing the Dnipro. 'They hated him.' Former subordinate recalls serving under Russia's new top commander in Ukraine (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin, File) Pavel Golovkin/AP The statement marked the first official appointment of a single commander for the entire Russian force in Ukraine. Sergei Surovikin, would be the commander of all Russian troops fighting in Ukraine. Russia's Defense Ministry announced that air force chief, Gen. Ukrainian forces have been advancing through several parts of the Kherson region in recent weeks, capturing villages and farmland along the western bank of the Dnipro River, also known as the right bank.įILE - Colonel General Sergei Surovikin, Commander of the Russian forces in Syria, speaks, with a map of Syria projected on the screen in the back, at a briefing in the Russian Defense Ministry in Moscow, Russia, Friday, June 9, 2017.
“Our further plans and actions towards the city of Kherson will depend on the military and tactical situation on the ground,” he said. In his first outing on Russian state television as the Kremlin’s new commander for Ukraine, General Sergey Surovikin said Tuesday evening that the situation in Kherson was “far from simple” and “very difficult.” The other regions are Zaporizhzhia, Donetsk and Luhansk. Meanwhile on Wednesday, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced that he had signed a law introducing martial law in Kherson and three other Ukrainian regions the Kremlin claims to have annexed, in violation of international law. There will be buses from 7:00, from Rechport to the Left Bank.” There will be shelling of residential areas by the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Residents in the city of Kherson began to receive text messages on Wednesday morning from the pro-Russian administration. Ukrainian officials have accused Russia of generating “hysteria” to compel people to leave. The Russian-installed leaders in Ukraine’s Kherson region on Wednesday began massively ramping up the relocation of up to 60,000 people amid warnings over Russia’s ability to withstand a Ukrainian counter-offensive.
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