Kherson 'very dangerous' as sweep for landmines begins; Russians build defenses near liberated city
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The warning came as a Ukrainian army official said that, despite the Russian retreat from the city of Kherson and the area on the west bank of the Dnipro river, the Russian army is continuing to build defensive lines on the eastern bank and is "concentrating its efforts on restraining the actions" of the Ukrainian forces "in certain directions.
"The bodies of both civilians and military personnel are being found," he said, adding that in the Kherson region, "the Russian army left behind the same atrocities as in other regions of our country, where it was able to enter." Zelenskyy is preparing for another busy week on the diplomatic circuit as the Group of Twenty meeting takes place in Bali on Tuesday. Zelenskyy will attend the meeting virtually. Russia's President Vladimir Putin is not attending the summit, but Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov will be there.
A destroyed tank with graffiti that reads "Mines" near Myroliubivka village. Many of the vehicles or weapons abandoned by the Russian army have been mined with explosives.Various images have emerged of abandoned military vehicles and buildings with warnings — that they contain landmines — scrawled on them.
Oleksandr Shtupun, a spokesperson for the general staff of the Ukrainian army, said Russia is "continuing to equip defensive lines" on the left bank of the river and is "concentrating its efforts on restraining the actions" of the Ukrainian forces "in certain directions."
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