"They want to cover themselves with human shields: Kherson Regional Military Administration calls to ignore "evacuation" announced by Russian forces

The head of the Kherson Regional Military Administration, Yaroslav Yanushevych, wrote about this on Telegram. 

“People of Kherson, please ignore everything that the occupying Russian forces tell you or demand. They want to take our people hostage and use them as human shields. Do not allow the evil empire to hide behind you, your parents, and children,” Yanushevych emphasized.

The head of the region stressed that the Ukrainian Armed Forces will not destroy the villages and cities. The soldiers use high-precision weapons and strike only at the Russian army's equipment, control points, and bases.

"Instead, the Russian forces are mercilessly shelling peaceful targets where there are no military personnel. It is not important what the occupiers think about the Kherson region, because it will be as Ukraine's Armed Forces decide. That is, the Kherson region will be free from these inhumans," Yanushevych emphasized.

• On October 18, collaborators and Russian forces announced the resettlement of the civilian population of the occupied Kherson region to the left bank of the Dnipro River. 

• On October 19, the head of the Mykolaiv Regional Military Administration, Vitalii Kim, warned that the Russian forces were preparing provocations with the shelling of Kherson. 

• Volodymyr Saldo, the Kremlin-appointed head of the Kherson region occupation authorities, said that all units of his "administration" are moving to the left bank of the Dnipro River.