KHERSON, October 19. /TASS/. Residents in the Kherson Region are being alerted to evacuate amid warnings of Ukrainian attacks.

Authorities in the Kherson Region have been sending emergency text alerts. An emergencies official confirmed this information to a TASS reporter.

Commander of the Integrated Group of Forces in Ukraine Army General Sergey Surovikin said on Tuesday that Russia’s Armed Forces had information that Kiev was preparing a massive missile strike on the Kakhovka hydro power plant. Authorities in the Kherson Region have also been alerted against potential Ukrainian strikes on Kherson and the region.

Earlier, the region’s acting governor Vladimir Saldo said civilians living on the right bank of the Dnieper River in the Kherson Region would be evacuated to the left bank. According to him, voluntary relocation will be arranged free of charge.