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Nov. 2 () –
The pro-Russian authorities of the Kherson region have announced a ban on crossing to the western edge of the territory as part of the evacuation to the western side due to the advance of Ukrainian troops in the area.
“In connection with the completion of evacuation measures from the territory of the right bank of the Dnieper (…) the (pro-Russian) Administration of the Kherson region has decided to temporarily stop the movement of civilian vehicles across the Dnieper” , has indicated the regional government related to Russia.
Thus, the authorities of the region, recently annexed to Russia, have detailed that the movement of people from the right to the left bank will continue to be allowed by the crossing points established since the beginning of hostilities in the framework of the war, pick up TASS.
The governor imposed by Russia, Volodimir Saldo, announced in mid-October the evacuation of civilians from the eastern bank of the Dnieper River to the western area due to the risk of flooding that was recorded in the eastern part after an alleged Ukrainian attack on a power plant. hydroelectric plant in New Kakhovska.
Crimean Governor Sergei Aksenov announced at the end of October that the evacuation operation from the Kherson region had been successfully completed. Balance, for his part, put the number of people displaced on the western bank of the Dnieper at around 80,000.
