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Beastly Boy

(9,328 posts)
Fri Nov 11, 2022, 08:45 AM Nov 2022

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:

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Ukraine in 'final stage' of reclaiming west river bank in Kherson region (Original Post) Beastly Boy Nov 2022 OP
Russian soldiers dressed in civilian clothes....... secondwind Nov 2022 #1
They are risking their lives Beastly Boy Nov 2022 #2
Or part of the mobilized that got an hour on the firing range then sent to the front. OnlinePoker Nov 2022 #4
Amazing leadership from Zelensky, a former entertainer, he must be listening to his experts. nt ShazamIam Nov 2022 #3
I said in a post in the spring he will be Time's Person of the Year this year OnlinePoker Nov 2022 #5
Move in with caution UKR. They SAY they've left. NEVER trust Russians or Chinese. oldsoftie Nov 2022 #6
+1 nycbos Nov 2022 #8
Slava Ukraini nycbos Nov 2022 #7

Beastly Boy

(9,328 posts)
2. They are risking their lives
Fri Nov 11, 2022, 09:10 AM
Nov 2022

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)
4. Or part of the mobilized that got an hour on the firing range then sent to the front.
Fri Nov 11, 2022, 10:15 AM
Nov 2022

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.

OnlinePoker

(5,719 posts)
5. I said in a post in the spring he will be Time's Person of the Year this year
Fri Nov 11, 2022, 10:16 AM
Nov 2022

I can't think who else it would be (Putin, maybe? They did it for Hitler).

oldsoftie

(12,533 posts)
6. Move in with caution UKR. They SAY they've left. NEVER trust Russians or Chinese.
Fri Nov 11, 2022, 10:21 AM
Nov 2022

North Koreans or anyone in the Middle East

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