Amid rumors of Ukrainian ambitions to proceed its counteroffensive throughout the Dnipro River, an official in Ukraine’s Kherson area stated that it was “too early” to speak concerning the liberation of extra Russian-controlled villages.
“There was no official data but,” Serhii Khlan, a member of the Kherson regional council, stated throughout a press convention.
“Yesterday I stated {that a} Ukrainian flag was noticed on the Yunist [Youth] cinema in Nova Kakhovka, and that Ukrainian flags began to look right here and there all through town, however there was no data of liberation and management of those settlements.”
CNN can not affirm Khlan’s claims. Ukrainian officers on Monday stated that the navy was conducting an intense bombardment of Russian positions on the Dnipro River’s japanese financial institution.
Khlan additionally stated that Ukraine aimed to manage the waterway that provides Russian-controlled Crimea with recent water. That waterway, the North Crimean Canal, is fed by the Dnipro River, close to the city of Russian-controlled city of Tavriisk, on the river’s japanese financial institution.
The canal was dammed by Ukraine in 2014 after Russia illegally annexed Crimea. Russia resumed the circulate of water after captured southern Ukraine after the February 2022 invasion.
“We have to watch for the official message that we management Tavriisk – that is the place the principle sluices are for the water to circulate freely alongside the North-Crimean canal,” Khlan stated. “As soon as we take management of Tavriisk, then we will speak about closing the sluices and slicing off the water provide to North-Crimean canal.”
‘Humanitarian disaster’
The resident of the Kherson area’s liberated areas “are struggling humanitarian disaster proper now, which was artificially created by the occupiers,” Khlan stated.
“We now have a whole lot of challenges on renewing a traditional life for the residents: Water, warmth, electrical energy, particularly contemplating the transformers for the electrical energy had been destroyed, this all provides up,” he stated. “There are nonetheless difficulties with the connection, though we now inform of the areas the place individuals can cost their cell machine and get a connection from a Starlink to name their dearest.”
He stated that the facility firm hoped to revive town’s electrical energy provide inside per week, however that it might take as much as a month. Officers have warned that infrastructure have to be de-mined earlier than technicians can restore it.
Police are additionally busy opening felony proceedings into the conduct of the previous Russian occupiers, Khlan stated.
“The police investigators are working and opening the felony proceedings,” he stated. “I believe with a while we are going to see all these proceedings and all these circumstances with the Russian warfare crimes recorded.”
