“The entire left-bank part of the Kherson region is under the control of the legitimate Russian authorities.
This is 75% of the area of the region, seven of its nine cities, 13 of 18 districts, significantly more than half of the population, ”RIA Novosti quotes him as saying.
Saldo noted that the western part of the Kinburn Spit is also under Russian control.
Earlier, Saldo said that the Ukrainian authorities had decided to transfer part of the troops from the Kherson direction to the Donbass.