Ukraine in 'final stage' of reclaiming west river bank in Kherson region
Source: Reuters
KYIV, Nov 11 (Reuters) - Ukrainian armed forces are in the final stage of reclaiming the west bank of the Dnipro River in the southern Kherson region from Russian troops, a regional lawmaker said Friday.
Serhiy Khlan, a deputy for Kherson Regional Council, told a news briefing that some Russian soldiers had been unable to leave the city of Kherson after months of occupation, and had changed into civilian clothing.
Read more: https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/ukraine-final-stage-reclaiming-right-river-bank-kherson-region-2022-11-11/
Here's what it looks like on a live Ukraine war map:
https://www.google.com/maps/d/viewer?mid=1lscRK6ehG0l2V-XvJ16nsyblMsQ&ll=46.77478696397298%2C32.97916412536392&z=8
On edit: Ukraine's troops have been photohraphed planting Ukrainian flag on the Kherson City's General Directorate of the National Police:
Link to tweet
secondwind
(16,903 posts)What could go wrong?
Beastly Boy
(9,328 posts)They will be treated as spies, not as enemy combatants, losing all the protections afforded to prisoners of war. Sounds like they are the stupid ones left behind.
OnlinePoker
(5,719 posts)They probably don't know the Geneva Convention rules. Good thing the majority of Ukrainian soldiers are humane enough they won't treat them as anything other than POWs when they catch them.
ShazamIam
(2,570 posts)OnlinePoker
(5,719 posts)I can't think who else it would be (Putin, maybe? They did it for Hitler).
oldsoftie
(12,533 posts)North Koreans or anyone in the Middle East