- Russian troops are largely wearing civilian clothes and living in civilian housing in the occupied city of Kherson.
- Arrests have taken place recently to stifle partisan resistance, Ukrainian military says.
- The Ukrainian military has urged civilians to flee the captured territories “if possible”.
Russian forces have increased their monitoring of civilians in occupied parts of Ukraine’s southern Kherson region, detaining citizens to stifle partisan resistance, says Ukrainian military.
In the occupied city of Kherson, Russian troops are now largely wearing civilian clothing and living in civilian housing as they “strengthen positions inside for conducting street battles,” according to the Ukrainian military and a resident of the city.
“On the west bank, near Snihurivka, there are cases of occupiers moving into locals’ houses when people move to the city,” the resident said. “Many soldiers came to the villages, they settle in empty houses. But there are cases when they kick people out of their homes.”
Media is not identifying the Kherson resident for their safety. The city of Kherson itself has been “relatively quiet,” she said.
“From time to time you can hear automatic gunfire at night,” the resident said. “There is a curfew in the city, and no one goes out at night. The occupiers have created some kind of territorial defense in the city, which deals with security issues.”
She claimed that there are no longer any checkpoints inside the city.
Following a power outage on Sunday, Russian authorities kept working to restore power on Monday.
Such evacuation promises have raised worries that Ukrainian residents may be coerced into entering Russian territory. Tens of thousands of residents from Ukraine were reportedly forcedly transported to “filtration facilities” before being transferred to Russia, according to early reports on the conflict. Moscow called the allegations false and said that Ukraine was impeding its attempts to “evacuate” individuals to Russia.
The Kherson city resident who spoke to media viewed the idea of getting on an “evacuation bus” to Crimea as a “one-way ticket.”
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