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Kherson mayor says city is without power and water, appeals for humanitarian aid

05 March 2022 18:59 (UTC +04:00)

The mayor of the Ukrainian city of Kherson said that the city is surrounded by Russian forces, APA reports citing CNN.

"Russian troops are everywhere," he told CNN.

Mayor Ihor Kolykhaiev told CNN’s John Berman on Saturday that life goes on, but all city services are down.

He also made an appeal for humanitarian assistance, saying that “production, critical infrastructure has been suspended. The city is without power and without water.”

Kolykhaiev said there was no way of getting aid into the city because the only way to get aid in is via Crimea from the Russian side.

“We have a lot of people here in need," he said. "We have cancer patients, children who need medication. This medication is not currently getting through to them.”

Kherson is a strategically important city on an inlet from the Black Sea with a population of nearly 300,000.