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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Pjotr Sauer, Dan Sabbagh in Kyiv and Julian Borger in Washington

Russia’s new Ukraine commander signals civilian removals from ‘tense’ Kherson

The new commander of Moscow’s army in Ukraine has announced that civilians were being “resettled” from the Russian-occupied southern city of Kherson, describing the military situation as “tense”.

“The enemy continually attempts to attack the positions of Russian troops,” Sergei Surovikin said in his first televised interview since being appointed earlier this month, adding that the situation was particularly difficult around the occupied southern city of Kherson.

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