Kiev, Nov 14 (TIWN) Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said that investigators have found evidence of 400 war crimes committed by Russian forces in areas of Kherson abandoned by Moscow's forces as they retreated from the strategic southern region.

"More than 400 Russian war crimes have already been recorded by investigators. Bodies of dead civilians and service members were discovered," Zelensky said in his nightly video address.

They claimed to have left behind the barbarism that the Russian army had to face when it first entered the country. Russia disputes that its troops deliberately target civilians.

Since the start of the Russian invasion, mass graves have been discovered throughout Ukraine, including Buka, close to Kyiv, and the Kharkiv region, where civilian bodies were interred.

Russian soldiers were accused by Ukraine of having committed the crime.
In October, a United Nations commission concluded that war crimes were committed in Ukraine and that the "vast majority" of the country's pre-war human rights violations were committed by Russian forces.

Russian troops withdrew on Friday, and Ukrainian forces moved into the southern Kherson center of the region, the only regional capital abandoned since Moscow launched its offensive in February.

The move was the third significant Russian retreat of the conflict and involved the taking of such a large captured city in the face of a significant Ukrainian counter-offensive, which retook parts to the east and south.

Most homes in the southern Ukrainian city of Kherson still lacked electricity and water, according to regional officials, who said utility companies were working to repair critical infrastructure damaged and mined by fleeing Russian forces.

On Sunday, jubilant, flag-waving citizens gathered in Kherson's main square despite the city's artillery exchange, which did nothing to stop them from doing so.

The mob attempted to use Starlink ground stations mounted on Ukrainian military vehicles to receive mobile phone signals.
"Now we are happy, but we are all afraid of the bombing from the left bank," said Yana Smirnova, 35, who lives close to the city on the east bank of the Dnieper River.

According to Smirnova, only a select few residents were lucky enough to have generators that powered pumps to get water from wells. She and her friends had to fetch water from the river to bathe and flush the toilet.

The governor of the Kherson region, Yaroslav Yanushevich, announced that as a security precaution the government has decided to maintain a curfew from 5 p.m. Prohibition on exit or entry of more people till 8 am.