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Miriam Burrell

Russia offers to evacuate civilians in illegally occupied Kherson as Ukrainian forces advance

Residents in Kherson told to flee with their children

(Picture: AFP via Getty Images)

Residents in the Kherson region of Ukraine, partially occupied by Russia, have been told to evacuate as Ukranian forces continue to advance.

In a video statement on Telegram, Kherson’s Russian-installed governor Vladimir Saldo publicly asked for Moscow’s help moving civilians to “safer regions of Russia”, a sign that Moscow may be losing its grip on territories it claimed to have annexed.

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