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Matt Watts

Russian forces ‘forcibly evacuating’ civilians in Kherson as Ukraine troops ‘cross Dnipro river’

Russian forces are “forcibly evacuating” civilians in the occupied Kherson region, Ukrainian authorities have said, amid the reported advances of Kyiv’s troops across the Dnipro river.

Oleksandr Samoylenko, the Ukrainian head of Kherson’s regional council, said he had information evacuations had started on Sunday “with an excuse of protecting civilians from the consequences of heavy fighting in the area.”

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