Russia claims control of southern Ukrainian city of Kherson

[Donkees]

2 Mar 2022

The Russian army has claimed it has taken control of the strategically important city of Kherson in southern Ukraine as Moscow’s invasion of the country entered its seventh day.

“The Russian divisions of the armed forces have taken the regional centre of Kherson under full control,” defence ministry spokesman Igor Konashenkov said in televised remarks on Wednesday. Kherson’s Mayor Igor Nikolayev, however, said in a post on Facebook: “We are still Ukraine. Still firm.”

Apparently contradicting the Russian army’s claims, he said he needed to find a way to “collect the [bodies of the] dead” and “restore electricity, gas, water and heating where they are damaged”.

“This is a strategic city because it links the [Russia] annexed Crimean Peninsula to the mainland of Ukraine,” Simmons said. He added Russian forces were now trying to take control of Mariupol, a key southeastern port city.

“This is a much bigger city … on the Sea of Azov,” Simmons said. “There is a colossal fight going on there.”

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/3/2/russian-military-says-has-control-of-kherson-in-southern-ukraine

[Donkees]

1. Russian armoured vehicles and soldiers patrol Kherson, Ukraine

Mar 2, 2022

Heavy fighting has been reported in Kherson, a city on the Black Sea in southern Ukraine, where the mayor said Russian forces had taken control of the railway station and the port by the early hours of Wednesday.

[Lovie777]

2. The rate the Russians are going, Ukraine may take back Crimea . . .

I've read heavy fighting in Kherson by the Ukraine military - mercenaries.