The occupying “authorities” of the Kherson region temporarily “transferred” the administrative capital of the region from Kherson, which included the Armed Forces of Ukraine, to the city of Genichesk, the administrative center of the Genichesk region, occupied by Russia in February. This was reported to RIA Novosti by "press secretary of the deputy chairman of the regional government" Alexander Fomin.
“Today, the temporary administrative capital of the Kherson region is Genichesk. All the main organs of power are concentrated there.”
The resort and port city of Genichesk is located in the area of the Arabatskaya Strelka on the shores of the Sea of Azov. The population of the city as of January 1, 2022 is less than 19 thousand people. On February 24, Russia occupied Genichesk; in March, Ukrainians held a rally there with posters against Russian aggression. The mayor of the city Alexander Tulupov resigned on March 12, the statement was published on the website of the City Council. He stated that the team was placed in a situation where they could no longer "work and exercise their powers as representatives of the Ukrainian local government." After that, the pro-Russian authorities announced the appointment of Gennady Sivak from the occupied Crimea as the head of the city.
On the evening of November 9, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu and Surovikin instructed to withdraw Russian troops across the Dnieper River. On November 11, the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine announced the return of control over Kherson. The department appealed to the Russian soldiers, saying that the command had abandoned them to their fate, and the commanders "urged to change into civilian clothes and try to escape from Kherson on their own."
The representative of the Russian Defense Ministry, Igor Konashenkov, said that "about five thousand units of military equipment, as well as material property" were transferred to the left bank of the Dnieper. In the summary, he called the retreat from Kherson "effective management" and "coordinated actions of Russian units."
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