KHERSON, October 20. /TASS/. About 15,000 civilians have already moved from the right to the left bank of the Dnieper River in the Kherson Region, Deputy Governor Kirill Stremousov said on Thursday.
"About 15,000 local residents have moved to the left bank following recommendations from the Kherson Region’s authorities," he wrote on Telegram.
On Tuesday, the Kherson Region’s Acting Governor Vladimir Saldo announced that civilians living on the right bank of the Dnieper River would be evacuated to the left bank due to the risk of flooding in the event that the Ukrainian military attacked the Kakhovka Hydroelectric Power Plant. He also said that Ukraine had been amassing huge forces near the cities of Nikolayev and Krivoy Rog so efforts to establish major defenses were another reason for the relocation of civilians. The acting governor mentioned plans to temporarily resettle 50,000 to 60,000 people. A ferry service from the port of Kherson to the Golaya Pristan and Alyoshki settlements was launched on Wednesday.