The southern Ukraine city of Kherson is “surrounded” by Russian soldiers, according to accounts by a Ukrainian journalist, Alyona Panina, and the city’s mayor.
The Kyiv Independent reported that Panina told Ukraine 24 TV on Tuesday morning: “The city is actually surrounded, there are a lot of Russian soldiers and military equipment on all sides, they set up checkpoints at the exits.”
⚡️Journalist Alyona Panina said on Ukraine 24 TV channel that Kherson is almost completely surrounded by Russian troops.
“The city is actually surrounded, there are a lot of Russian soldiers and military equipment on all sides, they set up checkpoints at the exits," she said.
— The Kyiv Independent (@KyivIndependent) March 1, 2022
She also told the TV channel that it was difficult to bring food to the shops of the city, which is close to Odesa on the Black Sea because the warehouses are located outside the city. Power and water were still connected in the city, she said.
Posting on Facebook, the city’s mayor, Igor Kolykhayev, said: “The Russian army is setting up checkpoints at the entrances of Kherson. Kherson has been and will stay Ukrainian.”
