Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky has arrived in the city of Kherson, Reuters reported on Monday.
According to the news agency, President Zelensky delivered a speech upon his arrival addressing Ukrainian troops.
Last Friday, Zelensky announced that the Ukrainian authorities had no intentions of allowing journalists into Kherson under the pretext of demining.
On November 9, Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu ordered the pullback of Russian forces from the right bank of Dnieper under the proposal of Sergey Surovikin, commander of the joint group of forces in the special military operation zone.
The military commander underscored that Russian forces have been successfully repelling Ukrainian attacks, and the decision to move the forces out was due to the threat of the group getting isolated because of potential flooding of the territory below the Kakhovskaya HPP dam. According to Surovikin, all civilians who expressed their desire to evacuate, which is over 115,000 people, have been relocated to the left bank.
Zelensky said that the Ukrainian side is ready for peace during his trip to Kherson on Monday, TASS reports.
"We are ready for peace, peace for all our country," Reuters quoted him as saying.
As the Ukrainian leader stated earlier, Kyiv does not intend to let journalists in Kherson due to the necessary mine-sweeping.
