Members of the Russian-appointed administration in the annexed Kakhovka area of the Kherson region are leaving a 15-kilometer (around 9-mile) zone on the left bank of the Dnipro River.
“Today the administration is target number one for UAF [Ukrainian Armed Forces] attacks. Therefore, by order of the government of the Kherson region, we, as acting authority, are relocating to safer territory, and will govern the district from there,” the pro-Russian administration said in a Telegram announcement.
The announcement notes that the 15-kilometer zone on the Dnipro’s left bank has become “possible combat territory, where the military presence increases daily.”
In times of war it is impossible to immediately verify information disseminated even by official representatives of parties to the conflict.
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Kakhovka sits on the left bank of the Dnipro River, upstream of the Kakhovka Hydroelectric Power Station. On October 31, Russian-appointed authorities in the annexed Kherson region announced the “mandatory evacuation” of settlements in a 15-kilometer zone on the Dnipro’s left bank, including the Kakhovka area.
On November 11, the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation reported the withdrawal of troops from Kherson to the Dnipro’s left bank. The administration subsequently named Henichesk the temporary capital of the occupied part of the Kherson region. It is located on the shore of the Sea of Azov, around 200 kilometers (about 120 miles) from Kherson.