With Russian forces evacuating the occupied Ukrainian city of Kherson, local media on Thursday reported that Kremlin troops had blown up communications towers and abandoned checkpoints in the area before retreating.
shared on social media show what appears to be the twisted remains of destroyed towers in the partially-occupied Kherson Oblast on the western side of the Dnipro River.
Online observers have likened the alleged tactics of destroying civilian infrastructure as enemy forces approach to the infamous “Nero Decree” issued by Adolf Hitler in March 1945. The order—named after the Roman emperor who ruled during the Great Fire of Rome in 64 AD—saw Nazi forces destroying key German infrastructure including transport and communication facilities to stop them falling into the hands of the Allies.
In late October, the Kremlin-installed administration moved to the left bank of the Dnipro River in the east as part of an “evacuation” ordered by Russian authorities. Russia has been moving tens of thousands of residents out of the city ever since, claiming that Ukrainian forces are plotting to attack the Kakhovka dam in the Dnipro and flood the city.Vladimir Saldo
, expanded the evacuation zone to the east side of the river for the first time. He said there was an “immediate danger of the Kherson region being flooded,” which could lead to “the mass destruction of civilian infrastructure and humanitarian catastrophe.” Kyiv has repeatedly denied the claims, saying that the allegations are indicative that Russia is considering staging a false flag attack and blaming it on Ukrainian forces and their Western supporters. Ukrainian officials have also said Moscow’s actions in Kherson amount to a forced depopulation of the semi-occupied territory.
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