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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Dan Sabbagh in Odesa

Russia’s grip on Kherson slips as civilians flee Ukraine counteroffensive

Father carrying child
Civilians evacuated from Kherson wait to board a bus heading to Crimea in the town of Oleshky in the Kherson region. Photograph: Alexander Ermochenko/Reuters

Russia’s grip on the city of Kherson appeared increasingly fragile after a weekend in which all civilians were ordered to evacuate immediately in the face of the advancing Ukrainian counteroffensive.

The occupied city’s Russian administration told residents to take “documents, money, valuables and clothes” due to “the tense situation on the front” and reported on Sunday that there had been “a sharp increase” in the number of civilians trying to flee.

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