Russian troops occupied the port of Chersonas – Russian paratroopers in the streets of the city
CNN, for its part, claims that Russian military vehicles entered Kherson after heavy shelling and occupied the southern Ukrainian city.
Russian paratroopers and BMD-2s armoured vehicles are currently crossing the streets of Kherson.
đ˝ď¸Russian paratroopers and BMD-2s on the streets in Kherson #Kherson #Ukraine #UkraineRussiaWar pic.twitter.com/TxL0kGEb5y
— Anil Kumar Verma (@AnilKumarVerma_) March 2, 2022
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âĄď¸Russian troops have seized the river port and railway station in Kherson, Mayor of Kherson Igor Kolyhav said.
According to CNN, Russian military vehicles entered Kherson after heavy shelling and appear to have taken the southern city.
— The Kyiv Independent (@KyivIndependent) March 2, 2022
#Ukraina : Medieuppgifter: Staden #Cherson under rysk kontroll | Attack mot sjukhus i #Charkiv | USA stänger luftrum | Fler belarusiska soldater till gränsen â Utrikes â https://t.co/d0n87qXFVu https://t.co/KCoQBWJZx5
— Thomas von Boguslawski (@tvbogus) March 2, 2022
We recall that on Tuesday afternoon, Russian forces entered the town of Kherson, but the Ukrainians still controlled the local administration building, an adviser to the Interior Ministry, Vadim Denisenko, said on television.
Cherson is a city of strategic importance as it is located above Crimea and its occupation now secures the peninsula from the North.
But then it provides the basic bridgehead Moscow needs to take Odessa.
In fact, the first objective of the Russians is to take over the entire Ukrainian Black Sea coastline in order to make it a “Russian lake” and to unite the Russian-controlled territories with Transnistria in Moldova.
Thus Moscow considers that it will solve its main problem, which is to secure the Black Sea and unify the Russian populations up to the NATO “doors“.
From there it can easily control NATO‘s military infrastructure in Romania and Bulgaria.