“Not anymore”
KP.RU war correspondent Alexander Kots posted on his Telegram channel a video showing two collapsed spans of the Antonovsky automobile bridge across the Dnieper.
“It was probably blown up during the retreat of the Russian group from the right bank to the left bank,” said the journalist standing at the entrance to the bridge.
Kots added that there are no Russian soldiers left on the right bank of the Dnieper and that the Ukrainian Armed Forces has not yet reached the crossing point.
The video ends with a local resident approaching the military reporter on a bicycle. The man was going to cross the bridge and go home. “Not possible anymore,” Alexander Kots replies.
VGTRK war correspondent Andrey Rudenko also previously published a video about the explosion of the Antonovsky bridge.
The bridge was built in 1985. There are two pedestrian crossings with a total length of 1366 m, a width of 25 m, a main road width of 20.5 m and a width of one and a half meters. The bridge has 30 spans.
RT on the Russian Telegram channel reported that there were “two versions”: according to one of them, the explosion could be “a signal for the withdrawal of Russian troops”, according to the other, the explosion in Rudenko’s video was an undermining. A railway crossing near the Antonovsky bridge. Kots’ video shows the automobile bridge opening being blown up.
Authorities refuse
The head of government of the Kherson region of the Russian Federation, Sergey Eliseev, said that the Antonovsky bridge was not blown up on the night of Friday, November 11.
“The Antonov Bridge was not blown up. He’s in the same situation,” Eliseev told Interfax, adding that the withdrawal of Russian troops from the right bank of the Dnieper continues.
According to him, all residents of Kherson were given the opportunity to evacuate to the left bank. Again approximately 60-70 thousand civilians may still remain on the right bank.
Kherson Mayor Oleksandr Kobets also said: about 80-100 thousand civilians remain in the city. “The evacuation continues to this day. According to our calculations, there are around 80-100 thousand people living in the city of Kherson. “People from other micro-counties and cities attracting themselves here,” the official said on the broadcast of Rossiya 24 TV channel.
Statement from the Ministry of Defense
The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation reports in a daily report that the transfer of Russian troops to the left bank of the Dnieper was completed at 5 am.
“There was not a single piece of military equipment and weapons left on the right bank. The press service of the Ministry of Defense said in a statement that all Russian military personnel moved to the left bank of the Dnieper.
The military department added that some parts of the RF Armed Forces occupied the prepared lines of defense. According to the ministry, there were no casualties during the regrouping. At the same time, the Armed Forces of Ukraine struck the Dnieper crossings from the HIMARS MLRS five times at night, the Ministry of Defense stated.
“All civilians who wanted to leave the right bank of the Kherson district were assisted in the evacuation. During the night, the Ministry of Defense tried to prevent the transportation of civilians and the transfer of soldiers to the left bank of the Dnieper, ”the statement said.
Sergey, Commander of the Joint Forces Group of the Russian Federation On November 9, Surovikin noted that the area of \u200b\u200bthe hostilities in the Kherson region was “abandoned by everyone” – more than 115 thousand people.
What do they say in the Kremlin?
Press Secretary of the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Peskov said during a briefing that the Kremlin refused to comment on the regrouping of troops in the Kherson direction.
“This is Surovikin’s proposal and Shoigu’s decision,” said Vladimir Putin’s spokesperson. He added that it is worth contacting the Department of Defense for answers.
According to Peskov, the Kherson region will continue to be recognized as a territory of the Russian Federation. “In the Russian Federation, this issue is established and defined by law. There is no change and cannot be,” he said.
The press secretary of the President of the Russian Federation added that the Kremlin does not consider it humiliating that the Russian army abandoned Kherson.
Commenting on the negative evaluations of some analysts on the decision of the Russian authorities to leave Kherson, Peskov said, “There are many experts, opinions are different, special operations continue.”
Putin’s spokesman added that Moscow does not regret the inclusion of the Kherson region in the Russian Federation. “SVO can be completed after reaching its goals. Or complete it by achieving the goals of peaceful negotiations. However, given the position of the Ukrainian side, peace negotiations are impossible,” he said.
Source: Gazeta
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