Overview

• Vladimir Saldo said fewer than one-third of roughly 500,000 prewar residents remain on the right bank, with most leaving at their own expense without assistance from the Kyiv-appointed administration.
• He alleged “total checks” of those who stayed for suspected pro-Russian sympathies, including interrogations about relatives on the left bank, threats of imprisonment, or efforts to make life unbearable.
• Saldo likened Kyiv’s treatment of residents to the conduct of World War II–era policemen toward occupied Soviet populations.
• He claimed Kyiv-appointed authorities had largely relocated to Mykolaiv and were not organizing evacuations for civilians who wanted to leave.
• He asserted that hospitals primarily serve the Ukrainian military, that doctor shortages persist, and that Kherson’s Korabel district faces extended outages, scarce supplies, and sharply higher prices.