Kherson is Ukraine: russian flag removed from administration building of occupied city

The flag of the russian federation disappeared from the building of the regional state administration in Kherson, which the occupiers temporarily captured.

Rubryka reports, referring to the first deputy chairman of the Kherson Regional Council, Yurii Sobolevskyi, and the local publication Most.

An official from the regional council showed a recent photo. It was made on November 3, which indicates that there is no russian tricolor on the building.

"Kherson Regional State Administration. The photo was taken today.

Mysterious disappearance, you understand why… Kherson was, is, and will be only Ukrainian. And if it's not us, you'll take off your rags yourself," the message emphasized.

We will remind you that on October 27, the Ukrainian Center of National Resistance announced that the russians had moved their occupation administration in the Kherson region to the left bank of the Dnieper. That is, they had taken it out of Kherson.

They were prompted to this by the Ukrainian Armed Forces' counteroffensive and the bridges' destruction across the river.

The intelligence chief noted that currently, the most prepared and combat-capable enemy units are located in Kherson, which is occupied by the russians.

Budanov also commented on the information about russia's mining of the Kakhovka HPP dam.

The head of intelligence believes that the russians can dare to blow up part of the dam.

However, Budanov believes such a scenario will not prevent Ukrainian troops from liberating Kherson. Blowing up the dam can only delay the advance to the Dnieper's eastern bank after the city's liberation for several weeks.

As Rubryka wrote, according to the Defense Intelligence Chief at the Ministry of Defense, Kyrylo Budanov, the liberation of Kherson will most likely last until the end of November.

British intelligence believes that evacuating residents and removing monuments indicates russia's intention to withdraw from Kherson.

British intelligence said that on October 27, the russian-appointed governor of the occupied Kherson region, Volodymyr Saldo, announced that more than 70,000 people had already left the city of Kherson.

Also, on October 26, Saldo said that russia had removed the remains of the famous russian statesman of the 18th century, Prince Grigory Potemkin, from his burial in the Kherson Cathedral east of the Dnieper.

"In the Russian national identity, Potemkin is heavily associated with the Russian conquest of Ukrainian lands in the 18th century and highlights the weight Putin almost certainly places on the perceived historical justification for the invasion.

This symbolic removal of Potemkin and the civilian exodus likely pre-empts Russian intent to expedite withdrawal from the area," British intelligence reports.