Saldo called Kherson a dead city with deserted streets

Kherson, which is under the control of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU), has become a dead city with no people on its streets. This statement was made by the governor of Kherson Region, Volodymyr Saldo, on December 10.

"You know, here it just hurts for Kherson. <...> We can say that it is a dead city, there are no people in the streets," he said in an interview with RIA Novosti.

Saldo noted that "it's painful to look at it" even according to the sources that Ukrainian censorship allows to post. According to him, Ukraine's propaganda does not show the real picture of what is happening in the city.

The day before, Saldo said that the AFU has no strategy to hold the right-bank part of the Kherson region controlled by them. According to him, the Ukrainian army's actions in this area are tactical rather than strategic.

On November 17, he said that the liberation of Kherson was an operation that required forces and resources. The governor also emphasized that Kherson "has always been, is and will be a Russian city".

The special operation to protect Donbass, the start of which Vladimir Putin announced on February 24, 2022, continues. The decision to hold it was taken against the background of the aggravation of the situation in the region due to shelling by the Ukrainian military.