Contents tagged with Kherson

  • Kyiv: 700 residents of Kherson region evacuated due to risk of chemical poisoning from emissions in Crimea

    The Ukrainian Ministry for Temporarily Occupied Territories  said on September 8 that there was no need to evacuate the entire Kherson region because there have been no recorded cases of chemical poisoning due to emissions from the Titan factory in the Crimea. At the same time, about two thousand children will be transferred to Skadovsk for their health and safety.

    The Ministry sent two hundred people to Skadovsk on September 7 and then another five hundred people the day after. The Kherson …

  • Kyiv: Russian ship Mechanic Pogodin is detained in the port of Kherson for 3 years

    Russian ship Mechanic Pogodin, which is on Ukrainian sanctions list, is detained in the port in Kherson for 3 years, stated the first deputy permanent representative of the President in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea Izet Gdanov, reports Hromadske radio.

    “On August 10th, this company’s vessel, namely the ship Mechanic Pogodin, was detained for three years in the port of the city of Kherson,” said Gdanov.

    Earlier it was reported that the ship’s crew did not let a port inspection on board, …

  • Russia confirms its ship blocked in Ukrainian port

    The Russian tanker Mechanic Pogodin was blocked on arrival to the port of Kherson, the Russia’s Commissioner for Human Rights, Tatyana Moskalkova told TASS news agency.

    "I had a second telephone conversation with an authorized representative of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine. On my request, Lyudmila Denisova found that there 12 Russian sailors on board the tanker who did not leave the ship. They have food, water and medicines," said Moskalkova.

    There are no administrative or criminal claims to …