He said the negotiations he plans will "contribute to the punishment of Russian war criminals." Meanwhile, the situation in the southern region of Kherson has become more dangerous. Serhiy Bratchuk, the head of the Odesa regional administration, said on Telegram that Ukrainian forces "struck the occupiers' base in the Kherson region." The Kherson region includes the city of Kherson, which before the war had a population of nearly 300,000. Reznikov told The Times in an article published on July 10 that Zelenskiy has instructed the Ukrainian military to retake the occupied southern territories.
