Putin's press secretary comments on Russia's decision not to allow UN mission to left bank of Kherson Oblast

Dmitry Peskov, the spokesman for the Russian dictator, has said that the Russian occupation forces will not allow UN representatives to visit the left bank of Kherson Oblast flooded after the blowing up of the Kakhovka hydroelectric power plant, as it is "difficult for them to guarantee security". Source: TASS, a Kremlin-aligned Russian news outlet  Quote: "I don't know exactly the peculiarities, but there are a lot of issues: how to cross the contact line, ensuring security... you know that there is constant shelling, provocations, civilian facilities are shelled, and people are killed.

So it's all very complicated and it's very difficult to ensure security, and there are many other peculiarities." Background: Denise Brown, the UN Humanitarian Coordinator in Ukraine, has said that Russia refused to allow the UN humanitarian mission to reach people on the left bank of Kherson Oblast - those who suffered from the consequences of destruction of the Kakhovka hydroelectric power plant.

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