[우크라 침공] Russian troops occupy the first city… Kherson’s claim

A week after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Russian forces claim to have captured Kherson in southern Ukraine. Russian Defense Ministry spokesman Igor Konashenkov announced on the 2nd (local time) that “the Russian army is in full control of the city.”

The Associated Press reported that Russia’s allegations were unconfirmed, but CNN reported that Mayor Igor Kolikaev Kherson on Monday said on Facebook that there were no longer Ukrainian troops in the city and that residents were now forced to follow the orders of armed men. told This means that Kherson has come under Russian control.”

“If Kherson were now under Russian control, it would be the first major city to be occupied by Russian forces,” CNN said. Kherson, with a population of 300,000, is a city on the Black Sea coast close to the Krum Peninsula (Crimea), which was forcibly annexed by Russia in 2014.

Mayor Kolikaev said Russian troops had entered the streets on the same day and even entered the city council building. Mayor Kolikaev reportedly issued a statement asking the Russian military not to shoot people. Henadi Rahuta Kherson, head of the municipal government, said on the afternoon of the 2nd that “I ask everyone who is not at home or who is planning to go out to do that. .” he said.

Mayor Kolikayev did not explicitly state that Russians were in control of the city on the night of the 2nd, only saying that “there were armed visitors to the city’s executive committee today.” “We were peaceful people with no weapons, we never attacked from our side,” he said. “I didn’t promise anything because I had nothing to promise with them. I just want to live a normal life in our city and ask them not to shoot people.” did,” he said.

“We don’t have armed Ukrainian troops in the city, just civilians and people who want to live here,” he wrote in a Facebook message.

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