BREAKING NEWS: First Ukrainian city falls: Mayor of Kherson tells residents to follow the orders of Russian soldiers as US officials warn Putin is shifting towards a ‘slow annihilation’ of the country
- Kherson, home to 290,000 people, 300 miles south of Kyiv, on Wednesday became the first major Ukrainian city to fall to Russian forces
- Ihor Kolykhaiev, mayor of Kherson, wrote on Facebook that residents should obey ‘armed people who came to the city’s administration’
- Kolykhaiev said that a group of about 10 armed Russian officers, including the commander of forces attacking the city, entered the city hall building
- The Russians said that they were planning to set up a new administration similar to those in two Russian-backed separatist enclaves in eastern Ukraine
- Kherson is a strategically-important city on an inlet from the Black Sea, 260 miles west of the edge of the Donetsk
The first major city in Ukraine has fallen to the Russians, the mayor confirmed on Wednesday, urging his residents on Facebook to obey ‘armed people who came to the city’s administration’.
Kherson, home to 290,000 people, is 300 miles south of Kyiv.
The city is strategically important, sitting on an inlet of the Black Sea 260 miles west of the separatist enclave of Donetsk.
Ihor Kolykhaiev, mayor of Kherson, earlier on Wednesday insisted the city remained under Ukrainian control, but it has now fallen.
The city of Kherson is seen on Wednesday, with Russian forces seemingly in control. Kherson is the first major city to fall to the Russians
Kherson, 300 miles south of Kyiv, is considered an important strategic asset, being on an inlet in the Black Sea
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