Last Updated on 11/12/2022 by てんしょく飯
The Russian Defense Ministry announced on November 11 that the withdrawal of Russian military units from the west bank of the Dnipro River to the east bank, including the capital of southern Ukraine’s Herson Oblast, has been completed. An advisor to Ukraine’s interior minister posted a video on a social networking site showing some of the Ukrainian military units arriving in the center of the provincial capital and embracing local residents, indicating that the retaking of the West Bank by the Ukrainian military is underway.
TV stations and power facilities were bombed.
The Russian Defense Ministry claimed that the withdrawal was completed at 5:00 a.m. on November 11 and that “all equipment and all soldiers have been moved,” less than two days after the November 9 withdrawal order. The Ukrainian local media reported that the withdrawal was completed at 5:00 a.m. on November 9.
Local Ukrainian media reported on November 10 that a television station and power facilities in the provincial capital of Herson had been bombed. The Russian military is reportedly conducting a scorched-earth campaign to make infrastructure unusable after the Ukrainian army recaptures the city, and is also reportedly laying landmines. There are also reports that Russian soldiers are still in the area.
On November 11, the General Directorate of Intelligence of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine declared via social networking services that the capital of the southern Ukrainian province of Herson had returned to the control of the Ukrainian military. Of the oblast unilaterally annexed by Russia, the western bank of the Dnipro River, including the oblast capital, is now expected to be retaken by Ukrainian forces for the first time in about eight months. This will be the first time that a provincial capital occupied by Russian forces has been recaptured, and will be a major blow to President Vladimir Putin.
On November 11, an advisor to Ukraine’s interior minister posted a video on social networking sites showing a large number of local residents welcoming the Ukrainian military units that arrived in the center of the provincial capital. A spokesman for the Ukrainian military’s Southern Area Unit also stated at a press conference on November 11 that “Helson belongs to Ukraine. However, he cautioned against resistance by Russian forces and decided not to declare the recapture of the area.
Earlier, the Russian Defense Ministry announced on November 11 that the withdrawal of Russian troops from the west bank of the Dnipro River to the east bank of the Dnipro River in Cherson Oblast was completed at 5:00 am on November 11, and that ” All equipment and all soldiers had been moved,” claiming that the West Bank region had been abandoned less than two days after the November 9 withdrawal order.
Meanwhile, local Ukrainian media reported on November 10 that a television station and power facilities in the provincial capital of Kherson had been bombed. The Russians are reportedly conducting a scorched-earth campaign to make infrastructure unusable after the Ukrainian army recaptures the area, and are also reportedly laying mines in the area.
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