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   Russia has urged people in occupied Kherson to flee for their lives ahead   
   of an anticipated Ukrainian push to recapture the southern city.   
      
   Russian-installed officials in Ukraine’s south are trying to evacuate up   
   to 60,000 people living on the western bank of the Dnipro River.   
      
   Because of a sharp increase in the number of people wishing to leave the   
   city, authorities reported a shortage of vessels to ferry people across   
   the river at one point on Sunday.   
      
   “The situation today is difficult,” Russian Education Minister Sergey   
   Kravtsov said in a video message. “It’s vital to save your lives. It   
   won’t   
   be for long. You will definitely return.”   
      
   Since Tuesday, about 25,000 people have been evacuated, the   
   Russian-installed deputy head of the region Kirill Stremousov said.   
      
   “We again recommend you to leave the city and the western bank of the   
   Dnipro,” Stremousov said in a video message published on Telegram. “We are   
   not going to give up Kherson.”   
      
   In September, Ukraine launched its counteroffensive to reclaim northern   
   Kherson.   
      
   The Kherson region is north of the Crimean Peninsula, which Russia annexed   
   in 2014. It is strategically important for Russia forces because it is a   
   gateway for military supplies.   
      
   Kherson is one of four regions President Vladimir Putin illegally annexed   
   last month. On Thursday, he announced martial law in the regions as   
   Ukrainian forces continued their counterattacks.   
      
   Ukraine’s advance in recent weeks around Kherson and in the country’s   
   northeast have been met with intensifying Russian missile and drone   
   attacks on civilian infrastructure, which have destroyed about 40 percent   
   of Ukraine’s power system ahead of winter.   
      
   With the war about to start its ninth month and winter fast approaching,   
   the potential for misery looms.   
      
   More than one million people were without power, presidential adviser   
   Kyrylo Tymoshenko said. An official in Kyiv said the attacks could leave   
   Ukraine’s capital without power and heat for days or weeks.   
      
   The Institute for the Study of War, a think-tank in Washington, said on   
   Sunday that Russia’s latest strategy of targeting power plants appeared   
   aimed at diminishing Ukrainians’ will to fight and forcing the government   
   in Kyiv to devote more resources to protecting civilians and energy   
   infrastructure.   
      
   It said the effort was unlikely to damage Ukrainian morale, but would have   
   significant economic impacts.   
      
   https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/10/23/russia-urges-residents   
   to-save-your-lives-from-occupied-kherson   
      
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