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How Kherson residents resisted Russian occupation (VIDEO)
Russian forces entered Kherson, a city in southern Ukraine, at the very beginning of the full-scale invasion. For two months, Kherson residents were openly protesting against the occupation. Later, as Russia tightened its grip, some Khersonians continued their protest in more subtle ways – despite the risks of being kidnapped or
The 57-year-old teacher who fearlessly resisted Russian occupation of Kherson
Kindergarten teacher Olena Naumova was struggling to breathe as she sat in the back seat of a car driving through the streets of her hometown of Kherson on the morning of Aug. 23. There was a tight plastic bag over her head and three Russian soldiers surrounded her. Naumova knew
A glance into Kherson’s underground resistance during Russian occupation
Editor’s Note: We don’t reveal the real names of the people interviewed for this story due to the sensitive nature of their activities that puts them in direct danger. In the story, names were assigned to them for storytelling purposes. KHERSON – Kherson was liberated because Ukraine forced Russians
This museum in Kherson is the recent victim of Russian robbery (VIDEO)
According to Ukraine's Defense Ministry, Russians have robbed almost 40 museums in Ukraine. One of the recent victims of Russian barbarism is the Kherson Regional Local Lore Museum, which used to have around 180,000 exhibits in its collection. Now, the shelves of some of its halls stand completely empty.
Ukrainian teacher risked prison in Siberia to expose collaborators in occupied Snihurivka
SNIHURIVKA, Mykolaiv Oblast — When Russian forces seized her town, chemistry teacher Natalia Vorobiova had a choice: collaborate and be left alone or defy them and risk everything. She chose defiance. Even after Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB) threatened to abduct and imprison her in Siberia, she continued to refuse to
After surviving Russian occupation, civilians flee Kherson amid intensified shelling
KHERSON – KYIV – Kherson residents sat in an eerily quiet overnight train to Kyiv. It was Nov. 25, and they were leaving their hometown for the first time since February. The evacuees spent almost nine months under Russian occupation in Kherson, waiting for the arrival of Ukrainian forces. But a few
How volunteers helped Kherson residents survive through the occupation
KHERSON – When Russia captured Kherson in March, disrupting supply chains to the city, local Ukrainian volunteers kept it running. When people had no food, they set up free hot meal cafeterias. When people had no medicine or hygiene goods, they brought them in from Odesa. When children needed to take
Empty Kherson art museum in despair after entire collection stolen by Russia
KHERSON — Housed in a grand imperial building with a view out onto the Dnipro River, the Kherson Fine Arts Museum once hosted one of the richest collections in all of Ukraine. As with the rest of Kherson, which had its electricity infrastructure destroyed by withdrawing Russian forces in early November,
Inside one of Russia’s torture chambers in Kherson (PHOTOS)
KHERSON — Huge numbers of Ukrainians were detained by Russians occupying Kherson. Many of them were interrogated by torture. The chief prosecutor of Kherson Oblast, Volodymyr Kalyuga, said that locals were tortured at four sites throughout the city. According to interviews with local officials and residents, these included a pre-trial detention
Life slowly returning to Kherson, still without power and water
KHERSON – Standing outside her small, dimly lit grocery store, Natalia chain-smokes several cigarettes until a customer finally shows up at the door. The 48-year-old shopkeeper misses being busy all day. More than a week after Ukrainian forces recaptured her native Kherson, she is still waiting for her long-time customers to
Families reunite through tears and smiles at Kherson central station
KHERSON — Svitlana Dosenko stood dangerously close to the edge of the platform, anxiously waiting for her son to arrive on the first train from Kyiv to Kherson since Russia’s invasion engulfed the entire country. “I left home in a hurry because I was worried that the platform would be
Tortured Khersonians speak of Russia’s crimes
KHERSON — As Maksym Nehrov sat in the back of a vehicle, tied up, with a bag over his head, he overheard the Russians talking and he knew at once where he was headed. They’d hunted him all over Kherson, kicking down doors and tearing through the apartments of his
Kherson chronicle: From quick fall to liberation
Ukraine's recapture of the southern city of Kherson came as a happy surprise for exiled local journalist Kseniya Keleberda. "When Ukrainian forces first entered Kherson, we cried and smiled at the same time," she told the Kyiv Independent. Survivors of the eight-month-long Russian occupation immediately began celebrating at the central
Dispatch from Kherson: Celebrating locals share stories, welcome Zelensky
KHERSON – When liberation came, many Kherson residents could barely believe the ordeal was over. Kherson was the only regional capital that Russians managed to capture, back in the first days of the full-scale invasion. A brutal occupation then ensued, with many residents being suppressed, robbed, abducted, tortured or killed. In
Kherson celebrates liberation after 8 months of Russian occupation (PHOTOS)
Ukrainian troops entered Kherson on Nov. 11, two days after Russia declared its retreat. Kherson, a city with a pre-war population of nearly 300,000 people, was the only regional capital sacked by Russia. Kherson residents held large-scale protests in March and April, demanding that Russian troops leave the city.
Ukraine war latest: ‘Historic day,’ says Zelensky, as armed forces enter Kherson
Key developments on Nov. 11: * Prosecutors: Bodies of civilians found in liberated parts of Kherson Oblast * Ukraine returns 45 POWs from Russian captivity * Ukraine building a wall at border with Belarus * Germany to send Ukraine additional 1 billion euros for cyber defense, documenting war crimes. “Today is a historic day.
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