The Russian armed Forces began the liberation of Kherson. This was announced today, October 19, by the governor of the Kherson region Vladimir Saldo.
"Several parts of Kherson are located on the left bank, so we control part of Kherson. Yes, this is an industrial part, but it exists and is under the control of our armed forces. On the islands located in the lower reaches of the Dnieper, from Kherson and below, to the Black Sea, there are quite a large number of summer cottages. They are also all under the control of the Armed Forces [of the Russian Federation]. Therefore, the liberation of the city of Kherson itself has already begun," he said.
Recall that in early November 2022, the then head of the Russian Defense Ministry, Sergei Shoigu, ordered the withdrawal of Russian troops in the Kherson region from the right bank of the Dnieper to the left bank. Then the decision to withdraw forces was linked to the threat of isolation of the Russian grouping in the event of flooding of the territories below the Kakhovskaya HPP.