Ukraine removes the Russian flag from the seat of government in Kherson, annexed by Putin

Ukraine announced this Thursday the removal of the Russian flag from the administrative headquarters of Kherson, a territory that Vladimir Putin annexed after the illegal referendum held in September. Images from the place corroborate it.

Authorities also report that the Russian presence in the city “has decreased”, as well as in different checkpoints in neighboring towns.

The Kherson region, together with Zaporizhia, both in the south, as well as Lugansk and Donetsk, in the east, are the points where the greatest fighting between the Ukrainian forces and the invaders is recorded.

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The concern in Zaporizhia is “extreme”. The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has confirmed this Thursday a new loss of electrical connection of the nuclear power plant due to bombing.

a protection zone

The director of the IAEA, Raphael Grossidoes not hide in a statement the real risk of an atomic accident due to the “fragile and vulnerable” situation of the plant, the largest in European territory and third in the world.

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“It is clear that this is not a sustainable way of operating an important nuclear infrastructure”, underlines Grossi, who again insists on the “urgent” need to establish a protection zone around the facility, controlled by Russia and operated mainly by Ukrainian staff.

Both sides accuse each other of the attacks against the central, incessant since the beginning of the invasion, on February 24. This Thursday it was kyiv that pointed out to Moscow: “The enemy bombings and the damage caused are another attempt by the invaders to reconnect the plant to the Russian energy system,” Energoatom, the state company that manages the plants, says in a statement. .

According to Energoatom, the Russians will try in the near future to repair and reconnect the transmission lines of the plant to the Crimean peninsula, occupied since 2014.