13 minutes agoRussia conquers southern Ukraine's key city
Periskopi(4 years ago)
(4 years ago)Russian troops have invaded the city of Herson, marking the first largest Ukrainian city to fall into a devastating week-long war that has already created one million refugees. Taking control of the city of 290,000 people, which only last year held NATO-backed combat exercises, was seen as an incentive [...]
Taking over the town of 290,000 people, which only last year held NATO-backed combat exercises, was seen as an important boost for Moscow as it prepares for possible ceasefire talks Thursday.
“Occuparies” Russians were in “all sides of Herson's”, the Ukrainian regional official acknowledged, Genadi Lakhua late Wednesday.
The invasion came after a three-day siege that left this city without food and medicine and trying to gather and bury the dead.
The town's mayor, Ihor Kolykhaiev, also announced that he was in talks with “mysysmists armed”.
He “had not made any promises to” for the invading forces, but agreed to a night break and restrictions on the flow of cars.
So far. The flag that flies above us is Ukrainian and in order for it to stay that way, these demands must be met,” he said in a Facebook post.
Moscow's victory in Herson comes a week after Russian President Vladimir Putin's army marched to Ukraine from the north, east and south.
Russian forces have spradically bombed civilian targets across the country, including the capital Kyev and the second town of Harkiv, which is now coming under more intense attacks.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has called the hail of rockets and rockets a <x0-crime war” and the International Criminal Court has confirmed that an investigation is under way. / REL/
