Archive · 28 Aug 2026
Ukraine Urges Kherson Residents To Leave Amid Intensifying Russian Attacks
Officials in Kherson are asking some people to leave the city.
They are especially concerned about families with children and older people.
Russian attacks have damaged important buildings and services.
A heating plant was badly damaged by glide bombs.
This could leave people without heat or electricity for a long time.
Kherson is in southern Ukraine near the Dnipro River.
Russian forces now fire at the city from across the river.
The warning comes as Russia and Ukraine have increased attacks on infrastructure.
Kherson Governor Oleksandr Prokudin urged families with children and elderly residents to leave the city if possible.
Russian forces have intensified attacks on Kherson’s critical infrastructure, according to Prokudin.
A Russian glide-bomb strike seriously damaged Kherson’s district heating plant.
Prokudin warned the city could lose electricity and heating for an extended period.
Russian forces positioned across the Dnipro River have regularly shelled Kherson since withdrawing from the city in November 2022.
- Who
- Kherson residents, especially families with children and elderly people, were urged to leave by regional governor Oleksandr Prokudin.
- What
- Residents were advised to evacuate because intensified Russian attacks have damaged critical infrastructure and threaten electricity and heating supplies.
- When
- The evacuation appeal was issued on Thursday; Russian forces have regularly shelled Kherson since November 2022.
- Where
- Kherson, in southern Ukraine, near the Dnipro River.
- Why
- Russian attacks, including a strike on the district heating plant, could leave the city without electricity or heating for an extended period.
- City
- Kherson, southern Ukraine
- Appeal made by
- Regional governor Oleksandr Prokudin
- Main threat
- Intensifying Russian attacks on critical infrastructure
- Facility damaged
- Kherson’s district heating plant
- Potential impact
- Extended loss of electricity and heating
- Russian position
- Across the Dnipro River from Kherson
- Prewar population
- About 280,000 inhabitants before Russia’s February 2022 invasion