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Dispatches from Ukraine. Day 261.
As Russia’s attack on Ukraine continues and the war rages on, reliable sources of information are critical. Forbes gathers information and provides updates on the situation.
By Polina Rasskazova
Ukrainian soldiers entered the Russian-occupied city of Kherson. “Kherson is returning under the control of Ukraine. The retreat routes of the Russian invaders are under fire control of the Ukrainian army,” the Ukrainian military intelligence agency announced on November 11. Intelligence officials also added that more than half of Russia’s occupational forces are still on the right bank of the Kherson region. According to a representative of the military intelligence of Ukraine, the Russian army is retreating from the second line of defense, to which they were pushed back by Ukrainian forces in early October. “Today is a historic day. We are returning Kherson. As of now, our defenders are approaching the city. But special units are already in the city,” said Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in his evening speech.
41 settlements in southern Ukraine have been liberated and returned under the control of Ukrainian defenders, according to Zelenskyy`s speech. “Dozens of Ukrainian flags have already returned to their rightful place in the framework of the defense operation. 41 settlements were liberated,” said the President. He added that the lives of Ukrainian soldiers stand behind every step of the Ukrainian army on the battlefield. “Everything that is happening now has been achieved by months of brutal struggle. It was achieved through courage, pain, and loss. It’s not the enemy coming — it’s the Ukrainians who are chasing the invaders at great cost.”
In the liberated territory of the Kherson region, law enforcement officers discovered the remains of civilian bodies in a cellar, the Office of the Prosecutor General of Ukraine reports. According to preliminary data, the remains belong to three local residents who died during the occupation of the settlement. The Russian army may have committed physical violence against the locals, because during the initial inspection of the skeletonized corpses, the law enforcement officers found injuries in the form of skull fractures. “The remains of the dead have been sent for a complex of examinations, including DNA examinations. Measures are being taken to establish the circumstances, witnesses and eyewitnesses of the crime,” added the Office of the Prosecutor General.
Mykolayiv. On the night of November 11, the Russian army attacked the city of Mykolaiv, firing shells that hit a five-story residential building. According to information from the State Emergency Service of Ukraine, the building was destroyed from the 5th to the 1st floor. The number of dead as a result of the destruction increased to seven, including a married couple. Their 16-year-old child survived because she slept in another room.
Abandoned Russian mines are killing Ukrainian citizens. According to the deputy head of the office of the President of Ukraine, Kyrylo Tymoshenko, in the Kherson region, civilians drove over a landmine left by Russian troops. As a result of the explosion, 4 people were injured, including two children aged 9 and 14. Also today, 2 children were injured by a Russian explosive device in Kharkiv. “Two boys, 15 and 12 years-old, found an explosive object in the bushes near the house, which detonated. Children have shrapnel injuries,” reported Tymoshenko.
Katya Soldak, Forbes Staff
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