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

Sergei Surovikin says Russia's defence of occupied southern city not easy' as Ukraine introduces local news blackout

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.