Russians regularly shell Kherson, hitting critical infrastructure and residential buildings in particular. The coastal districts of Kherson suffer the most from enemy shelling. While Russian propaganda is still active in the temporarily occupied territories of Kherson Region, the de-occupied parts also face certain challenges.

The First Deputy Chairman of the Kherson Regional Council, Yuriy Sobolevsky, spoke about the situation in Kherson, constant shelling and work in the de-occupied territories, on the air of Apostrophe TV.

He noted that the enemy continues to shell the Kherson Region, having recently attacked Kherson and Beryslav:

"Kherson and Beryslav were under fire. They used MLRS and KABS. In Beryslav, a residential building was hit, but no one was injured."

Sobolevsky notes that the coastal areas of Kherson suffer the most from the shelling, as there are few locals left who refused to evacuate:

"The coastal areas of Kherson suffer the most from the shelling, but life goes on. There are few people left there. Those, who are left, refuse to evacuate."

The First Deputy Chairman of the Kherson Regional Council noted that people in the temporarily occupied territories are not being forcibly mobilized into the enemy army, but they are subjected to propaganda:

"There is no massive forced mobilization in the occupied territories yet, propaganda is mainly used. Coercion is used only during military registration. Currently, there are few cases of Ukrainians being recruited into the Russian army."

He says that people who do not have Russian documents are denied medical services. As for food, there is food, but it is also local, while the food imported from Russia is of poor quality and expensive:

"Citizens without Russian documents are denied medical services.There are 30-35% of the healthcare system left. There is food, but mostly local. The food imported from Russia is of very poor quality. And the prices are even higher than in Crimea."

As for the de-occupied territories of Kherson Region, Sobolevsky points out that there is a shortage of workers for the agricultural sector, so people from other regions are invited, but there are also problems with accommodation.

"There is a shortage of workers in the agricultural sector in the de-occupied territories. They try to invite people from other regions. However, sometimes there is no place to settle people because of the significant destruction," he points out and adds that they have managed to increase the area for sowing crops, but the risk of finding unexploded ordnance in the field remains: "Despite this, farmers have increased their sowing areas. Currently, about 40% of the territory has been cleared of mines. However, there is still a risk that some ammunition remains there. Therefore, it is very important not to do anything with the ammunition yourself, but to contact the SES specialists."

Earlier, we wrote that ISW predicted the situation after Ukraine receives military aid from the US.