Ukraine Tells Kherson Residents To Leave As Russia Intensifies Attacks
Ukrainian authorities have urged residents of Kherson to evacuate as Russian forces intensify aerial attacks on the city's critical infrastructure. Recent strikes have severely damaged heating plants, threatening the population with a prolonged loss of electricity and heat during the winter.
Why it matters
The targeting of civilian infrastructure in Kherson highlights the ongoing humanitarian crisis and the strategic use of winter conditions as a weapon in the Russia-Ukraine conflict.
People in the southern Ukrainian city of Kherson were on Thursday urged to leave due to intensifying Russian attacks that risked cutting electricity and heating supplies for an extended period."I am once again addressing the residents of Kherson, especially families with children and elderly people: if you have the possibility... please leave," regional governor Oleksandr Prokudin wrote on Telegram.Prokudin said there was an "extremely difficult security situation" in Kherson, which had about 280,000 inhabitants before the start of Russia's invasion in February 2022."The enemy is intensifying its attacks every day on the region's critical infrastructure," he added."Last night, Russian forces again attacked Kherson's district heating plant with glide bombs...
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