![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/ukraine-war-latest-russia-is-turning-kherson-into-a-deathtrap/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/AA13XFCX.jpeg&description=© REUTERS/Viacheslav Ratynskyi Ukrainian servicemen ride a 2S7 Pion self-propelled gun near a frontline in Kherson region - REUTERS/Viacheslav Ratynskyi Russia plans to turn Kherson city into a deathtrap, a senior advisor to the Ukrainian President warned on Thursday.Russian forces are mining "everything" as they withdraw from the city and plan to shell it from the other side of the Dnipro River, turning it into a "city of death," Mykhailo Podolyak wrote on Twitter. 'The Russian military mines everything they can: apartments, sewers. Artillery on the left bank plans to turn the city into ruins," Podolyak wrote."This is what [the] 'Russian world' looks like: came, robbed, celebrated, killed 'witnesses', left ruins and left," he added.Moscow ordered its troops to withdraw from the southern Ukrainian city yesterday but Ukraine and its allies are remaining cautious about the announcement.UK Defence Secretary Ben Wallace said on Thursday that "we'll believe it when we see it" and must continue watching for "Russian tricks"."We can't yet confirm or deny the information of the so-called withdrawal of Russian occupation troops from Kherson," Ukraine's army chief said. "We continue to conduct the offensive operation in line with our plan."Follow the latest updates below. Sign up to the Front Page newsletter for free: Your essential guide to the day's agenda from The Telegraph - direct to your inbox seven days a week. 03:14 PMUkrainian troops now '15km away from Kherson'Ukrainian troops appeared to have entered the town of Kyselivka, about 15 kilometres northwest of Kherson city, on Thursday.'Kyselivka is ours,' one soldier said in a video posted on social media, which CNN geolocated to the town. 'We're going in. The enemy has just run away. Glory to Ukraine!'Videos show soldiers from Ukraine's 28th Brigade posing in front of town signs.It comes as Ukrainian forces appear to be advancing rapidly in the Kherson region after the announced withdrawal of Russian troops. 02:55 PMF){kind=link}
Russia plans to turn Kherson city into a deathtrap, a senior advisor to the Ukrainian President warned on Thursday.
Russian forces are mining “everything” as they withdraw from the city and plan to shell it from the other side of the Dnipro River, turning it into a “city of death,” Mykhailo Podolyak wrote on Twitter.Â
“The Russian military mines everything they can: apartments, sewers. Artillery on the left bank plans to turn the city into ruins,” Podolyak wrote.
“This is what [the] ‘Russian world’ looks like: came, robbed, celebrated, killed ‘witnesses’, left ruins and left,” he added.
Moscow ordered its troops to withdraw from the southern Ukrainian city yesterday but Ukraine and its allies are remaining cautious about the announcement.