Kremlin explains why it prevent UN mission from visiting left bank of Kherson region

Russian president’s Spokesperson Dmitry Peskov made the statement to reporters, as TASS informs.

He said that the Ukrainian Armed Forces are allegedly shelling the left bank of the Kherson region.

"Everything is very complicated - it is very difficult to ensure their (UN representatives' - ed.) safety," Peskov said.

He added that there are "other nuances.”

"There are a lot of questions: how to cross, where the line of contact is, ensuring security," Putin's spokesman said.

• On Tuesday, June 6, Russian occupying forces blew up the Kakhovka hydroelectric power plant, completely destroying it. The Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine immediately began evacuating civilians from a number of settlements that fell into potential flood zones on the right bank of the Dnipro River. Some residents also evacuated on their own. Meanwhile, residents of the temporarily occupied settlements on the left bank were left without assistance. In particular, Oleksandr Prokudin, head of the Kherson Regional Military Administration, noted that Russian forces isolated Oleshky, Kherson region, and evacuated only residents with Russian passports. And Kherson Regional Council deputy Serhiy Khlan told Espreso TV that Russian forces had placed positions on the roofs of flooded houses in the left-bank Kherson region and were shooting at people trying to get out of the water trap.

• On June 13, the UN announced that it was ready to visit the left bank of Kherson, but Russia did not provide security guarantees.

• On June 19, the National Resistance Center reported that at least 500 people may have died in Oleshky due to the destruction of the Kakhovka hydroelectric power plant.