The Dnieper has become the main front line, and fighting between Ukrainians and Russians between the two banks is intense.
Officials in the part of the Kherson region recently liberated from the Ukrainian army announced on Saturday that they are temporarily allowing their compatriots living in the zone still occupied by Russia to cross the Dnieper River to escape the intensification of fighting.
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Yaroslav Yanukhevich, the region’s governor, said that boat crossings would be approved until Monday, provided they take place during the day and at a specific location. “The evacuations are necessary due to a possible intensification of fighting in the region,” he wrote on his Telegram account.
After the liberation of the city of Kherson on November 11, the Ukrainian army made no secret of its intention to launch a new military offensive to retake the Russian-controlled part of Kherson and the neighboring Zaporijia region. In recent days there have been violent exchanges of artillery from one bank of the Dnieper to the other.
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