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I can't see any updates re Kherson - Ukraine Invasion: Russian forces take control of Kherson
"'No Mercy': Mariupol Bombing Compared to Nazi War Crimes"
Just starting a war like this should be a war crime.
Nothing since early March. Kherson: Russian army moves to cut Ukraine’s access to sea
Russian forces claim capture of city and also tighten siege of Mariupol as large amphibious taskforce threatens Odesa
Russia-Ukraine crisis: latest updates
CCTV footage shows Ukrainian troops patrolling the otherwise empty streets of
Kherson on Wednesday, shortly before Russian troops moved in.
Photograph: Reuters
Peter Beaumont in Lviv
Fri 4 Mar 2022 05.32 AEDT
Last modified on Fri 4 Mar 2022 16.26 AEDT
Russian forces appeared to be moving to cut Ukraine off from the sea on Thursday via its key southern ports, claiming the capture of Kherson and tightening the siege of Mariupol, as a large amphibious taskforce threatened Odesa to the west.
With the Russian naval assault in the south spreading, a second merchant ship – the Estonian-owned carrier Helt – was hit and sunk after a Bangladeshi-owned cargo ship had been hit by a projectile that killed one of its crew.
The ports, spread along hundreds of miles of Ukraine’s coastline, running from the Sea of Azov in the east to the Black Sea, have become an increased focus of attention for Russian forces in recent days – as it has become clear that the latest phase of the Russian invasion plan is seeking to cut off and isolate large sections of the country.
Cutting Ukraine’s access to its coast would deal a crippling blow to the country’s economy and allow Russia to build a land corridor stretching from its border, across Crimea, which has been occupied by Russia since 2014, and all the way west to Romania.
Another key objective for Russian forces in the south east appeared to be Zaporizhzhia and its nuclear power plant in south-eastern Ukraine, Europe’s biggest, where Russian troops were trying to break through a barricade to the plant erected by local residents and territorial defence forces.
The moves in the country’s south have come as Russia forces have attacked the country in three directions, seeking to stretch Ukraine’s armed forces and damage their ability to respond.
[...]
“Kherson is very important because it is the city that controls the water supply to the Crimea,” said Clarke in an online briefing.
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“It’s also the city that’s key to crossing the Dnieper River. And at some point the Russians will want to be on both sides of the river to move up and join up with their northern front. Kherson is a big gain for [the Russians]. It’s taken them a while but they are here now.”
Mykolaiv’s regional governor, Vitaliy Kim, said that big convoys of Russian troops were advancing on that city, which is another major Black Sea port and shipbuilding centre to the west.
In Kherson itself, the regional governor, Hennadiy Lahuta, conceded Russians were in the city but added that his staff had “not given up our duties”. A US defence official said it was too early to say whether Russian forces were in full control of Kherson.
Kherson’s mayor, Ihor Kolykhaiev, said in a Facebook post early on Thursday that Russian troops were in control of the city hall and that residents should obey a curfew imposed by what he called the “armed visitors”.
Kolykhaiev said he had made “no promises” to the Russian forces and that he was “only interested in the normal life of our city. I just asked [them] not to shoot people.”
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/mar/03/kherson-russian-army-moves-to-cut-ukraine-access-to-sea
A couple here say Kherson was still disputed back then. Another says Russia had it quickly.
As believed early it looks Russia is going for their S-N division line. Settling to expand
their eastern territory, while bombing the shit out of as many other cities as they can.
"'No Mercy': Mariupol Bombing Compared to Nazi War Crimes"
Just starting a war like this should be a war crime.
Nothing since early March. Kherson: Russian army moves to cut Ukraine’s access to sea
Russian forces claim capture of city and also tighten siege of Mariupol as large amphibious taskforce threatens Odesa
Russia-Ukraine crisis: latest updates
CCTV footage shows Ukrainian troops patrolling the otherwise empty streets of
Kherson on Wednesday, shortly before Russian troops moved in.
Photograph: Reuters
Peter Beaumont in Lviv
Fri 4 Mar 2022 05.32 AEDT
Last modified on Fri 4 Mar 2022 16.26 AEDT
Russian forces appeared to be moving to cut Ukraine off from the sea on Thursday via its key southern ports, claiming the capture of Kherson and tightening the siege of Mariupol, as a large amphibious taskforce threatened Odesa to the west.
With the Russian naval assault in the south spreading, a second merchant ship – the Estonian-owned carrier Helt – was hit and sunk after a Bangladeshi-owned cargo ship had been hit by a projectile that killed one of its crew.
The ports, spread along hundreds of miles of Ukraine’s coastline, running from the Sea of Azov in the east to the Black Sea, have become an increased focus of attention for Russian forces in recent days – as it has become clear that the latest phase of the Russian invasion plan is seeking to cut off and isolate large sections of the country.
Cutting Ukraine’s access to its coast would deal a crippling blow to the country’s economy and allow Russia to build a land corridor stretching from its border, across Crimea, which has been occupied by Russia since 2014, and all the way west to Romania.
Another key objective for Russian forces in the south east appeared to be Zaporizhzhia and its nuclear power plant in south-eastern Ukraine, Europe’s biggest, where Russian troops were trying to break through a barricade to the plant erected by local residents and territorial defence forces.
The moves in the country’s south have come as Russia forces have attacked the country in three directions, seeking to stretch Ukraine’s armed forces and damage their ability to respond.
[...]
“Kherson is very important because it is the city that controls the water supply to the Crimea,” said Clarke in an online briefing.
Advertisement
“It’s also the city that’s key to crossing the Dnieper River. And at some point the Russians will want to be on both sides of the river to move up and join up with their northern front. Kherson is a big gain for [the Russians]. It’s taken them a while but they are here now.”
Mykolaiv’s regional governor, Vitaliy Kim, said that big convoys of Russian troops were advancing on that city, which is another major Black Sea port and shipbuilding centre to the west.
In Kherson itself, the regional governor, Hennadiy Lahuta, conceded Russians were in the city but added that his staff had “not given up our duties”. A US defence official said it was too early to say whether Russian forces were in full control of Kherson.
Kherson’s mayor, Ihor Kolykhaiev, said in a Facebook post early on Thursday that Russian troops were in control of the city hall and that residents should obey a curfew imposed by what he called the “armed visitors”.
Kolykhaiev said he had made “no promises” to the Russian forces and that he was “only interested in the normal life of our city. I just asked [them] not to shoot people.”
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/mar/03/kherson-russian-army-moves-to-cut-ukraine-access-to-sea
A couple here say Kherson was still disputed back then. Another says Russia had it quickly.
As believed early it looks Russia is going for their S-N division line. Settling to expand
their eastern territory, while bombing the shit out of as many other cities as they can.
It was Plato who said, “He, O men, is the wisest, who like Socrates, knows that his wisdom is in truth worth nothing”
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