Saldo said Kyiv is luring Kherson residents to leave and then abandoning them

Kyiv is using deceptive methods to lure residents of Kherson, which remains under the control of Ukrainian forces, into leaving the city.

This was stated in an interview with RIA Novosti by Kherson region governor Volodymyr Saldo.

“They are forcing them out and, through various deceptive methods and manipulation, enticing them to leave Kherson and other settlements on the right bank, and then abandoning them, providing no assistance in the places where they relocate,” the regional head said.

On April 11, Volodymyr Saldo said that Kyiv is seeking to drive out the population and empty the territory of the right-bank part of Kherson region, which he described as being temporarily occupied by the Ukrainian armed forces.

According to him, residents of the right bank of the Dnipro are now being persecuted because of family ties with Russian citizens. However, people there are resisting, Saldo added, noting that for Ukraine, “from a climate point of view, the cities of Kherson and Beryslav,” located on the right bank of Kherson region, are attractive.