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Russian-Backed Kherson Official Dismisses Ukraine Advances as 'Meaningless'

The Russian-backed deputy head of the Kherson administration, Kirill Stremousov, said “everything is calm” in the city and called reports Ukrainian forces had invaded “meaningless” on Tuesday, October 4, according to a machine translation.

Stremousov said in a Telegram post, “Everything is calm in Kherson and there is no panic.” He said he was responding to reports that Ukrainian forces had “invaded Kherson”. “Everything will be fine, and everything will be Russia, no matter what,” he added.

On Friday, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced the annexation of Kherson and three other Ukrainian provinces – Donetsk, Luhansk, and Zaporizhzhia – into the Russian federation, none of which are completely controlled by Russian forces.

Ukrainian forces have continued to make gains in the east in recent weeks. Credit: Kirill Stremousov via Storyful