Divided by war. As they live on the liberated and occupied parts of the Kherson region

The Russian army occupied Kherson in the first days after the announcement of a full -scale war - due to geographical proximity with annexed Crimea, and on March 1, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation entered the city. Despite the fact that some detachments of territorial defense resisted the Russian invaders, on March 2, the mayor of Kherson Igor Kolikhayev declared the absence of Ukrainian forces in the city.

On September 21, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy appointed Galina Lugova, head of the Kherson City Military Administration. According to her, the current location of Igor Kolikhayev is unknown. Kherson was under Russia's control for more than 9 months. On November 9, 2022, as a result of the Ukrainian counter -offensive, the Russian military leadership decided to leave the city and the entire right bank of the Dnieper.

The allotment of the army Serhiy Surovikin, who at that time held the position of commander of the Russian troops, called "a difficult decision. " Before leaving Kherson, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation destroyed its main infrastructure- water and power supply, television to the television center. Exhibits from city museums and even a raccoon from the zoo were removed. On November 11, 2022, the MoU stated that Kherson was returning under the control of Ukraine.

A few days after the retreat, the Russian army began to strike regular strikes on the liberated right -bank cities of Kherson region. Thus, shelling on December 14 and 19 was partially destroyed by the building of the regional administration. On December 24, the Russian military fired at the Kherson Center: 10 people were killed, 80 were injured. On December 27, the invaders fired the critical infrastructure of the city. On January 29, three people were killed in Kherson.

On March 9, one of the shells of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation hit the bus stop - three people were killed on the spot. According to UK intelligence at the beginning of February 2023, Kherson is the most fired city of Ukraine outside the Donbass. On February 1, the City Council reported that from the moment of de -occupation, Russian military had inflicted 1 739 beats in Kherson.

After liberation from the Russian soldiers on Kherson Street, locals began to emerge, celebrating the return of Ukraine. Currently, according to the locals, people have become much less than in the first days after liberation. Catherine stayed in Kherson all the occupation period. After November 11, the girl, unlike her friends and acquaintances, did not leave the city, despite the danger of shelling. In the focus comment, the interlocutor tells about life after the invaders are departed.

"Strikes do not stop for a day. There is a pattern: when the Armed Forces" worked out "in the Russians, we have a break - the intensity of shelling decreases. In the last few weeks there were no hailstones, only mortars. Although in the first months after release the hail was fired at Kherson regularly It cannot be said that there is a safe place in the city. Yes, it arrives less, but still arrives. Now, if we have a few hours of silence, it's already wonderful and unexpected, "says Catherine.

The girl says that, despite regular shelling, air anxiety most often sounds during the takeoff of Russian aviation from airfields and does not apply to the use of artillery. Intense urban infrastructure strikes, as well as the lack of jobs, have become the main reason why Kherson residents leave the city more than during occupation. "80-85% of people from Kherson left. When the Russians urged to evacuate, collaborators and distrustful people were prone to panic.

These are those who were able to convince the Armed Forces that they would start firing the city and those who understood that if the Russian Federation was declared about The Armed Forces, it means that Russia would be fired, but it was still not as much as it was de-occupation. Some period after release on the streets there were many people and movement. Now Kherson is a ghost city, as in a typical movie about Postapocalypse and the end of the world.

There is no people, everything is closed, the central streets are empty. People are sitting home or going. We go outside not to enjoy life - usually these are short stimuli to the store or by mail, " - says Catherine. According to a local resident, in Kherson most businesses and cafes have closed. There is no shortage of goods in the city, but there is a problem with their sale - the number of stores has decreased significantly, and large queues are lined up before a few working supermarkets.

Catherine's degraded city compares with the period of coronavirus pandemic. "What is the point of returning to Kherson who is constantly being fired and where there is no job? Most businesses do not work. How can you open if there is a constant threat to your employees? Satisfaction, because around the Russians who look at you and all this resembles a ghetto.

There are now several cafes that are still working, but you will not receive the pleasure of a cup of coffee, because you do not know - it will arrive or not… It seems that these are some strangers , but in reality, it is a considerable part of psychological health. In fact, we have a Lockdown, only with the difference that there is not a virus on the street, but the likelihood of instant death, "Catherine shares.

Currently, the girl is not going to leave Kherson - the possibility of distance work allows you to stay in her hometown. At the same time, Kateryna does not believe that the Russian army will re -attempt to attack Kherson, and calls similar statements in the State Duma of the Russian Federation "moist dreams of the balance. " "We are already accustomed to release and is not believed more in how we lived during the occupation when there was a full Trinrd. Fear.

I am currently in Ukrainian Kherson - in my native fortress, which they try to burn, punish and destroy, "Kateryna finishes. After the withdrawal of troops from Kherson, the Russian army concentrated forces on the left bank of the Dnieper, and the occupying power was located in Genichesk, calling a city with a pre -war population of 20 thousand people "the capital" of Kherson region.

According to British intelligence, this was done for the convenience of managing the defense of the captured southwestern territories of Ukraine. On February 24, 2022, the Armed Forces of Russia occupied the city of Oleshka, which is on the left bank of the Dnieper Kherson region. Pro -Ukrainian rallies were held in the city, but later, according to a local resident Lyudmila, the locals began to leave the occupied territory.

The main route is Europe or controlled by Ukraine, transit through Crimea and Russia. The interlocutor tells the situation in the Left Bank Kherson region and how Russian military firing civilian infrastructure for discrediting the Armed Forces. "The moods in most of those are left are the same - we are waiting for Ukraine, true liberation. But there are marasma grandmothers who believe in Russian propaganda. We also see how Ukrainian military worked on the positions of the Russians.

There were no arrivals from the Armed Forces. At the same time, the Armed Forces put their equipment on the left bank and fired the occupied territory themselves - in order to create a picture for propaganda, as if the Ukrainian army fired at peaceful people, " - says the interlocutor. Lyudmila says that the Russian military is inhabited by civilian houses whose owners left the left bank of the Dnieper. According to the woman, locals try not to go outside again so as not to face the invaders.

If a Russian army's soldier demands that you provide a phone for inspection, the locals are given a spare - specifically in case you need to leave the house. She explains that in order to depreciate the Ukrainian hryvnia, the occupying "administration" has set its own exchange rate of currencies - one ruble is equal to one hryvnia. Also from the innovations of Russians - a ban on the use of terminals for payment of bank cards. "To survive somehow, people go to work.

From hopelessness - to pay money. It turns out that in some villages teachers or educators are taught in schools in schools. How to condemn public utilities, gas, and electricians who save our existence. For example, we recently exploded three of them during repair work, "Lyudmila says. For the most part, products are supplied to the occupied territory from the Crimea. Local people say that despite the poor quality, the cost of such goods is highly overstated.

Also in the Kherson region are imported products from temporarily uncontrolled Melitopol and Berdyansk. Ludmila makes prices in Kherson for "imported" goods. Bread - 40-50 UAH. Milk-50-70 UAH, a kilogram of cheese-200 UAH, sour cream 0,5-180 UAH. Kefir-60 UAH, meat-350-380 UAH per kilogram. Eggs-100-130 for 10 pcs. On March 20, the occupation "Administration" Oleshok announced its intention to return the city of Soviet name Tsyurupinsk. Local such statements are no longer surprised.

Focusing on an interview with the military leadership of Ukraine and information of foreign media, pro -Ukrainian citizens expect an announced spring counter -offensive of the Armed Forces. "To live in all this nightmare is difficult morally. Kherson is fired though ungodly, but there are at least no Russians. Because you never know that they will think that they will come up. We only have to wait for the Ukrainian army. We were very glad to release.

Kherson, but they understood that a turn can reach us later, ”the woman says. At the end of the conversation, Lyudmila explains-constant access to mobile communication is only if there is a seven-card of the Russian operator. In order to receive the Subscriber you need to specify personal data. For this reason, many Ukrainians in the occupied territories remain without constant Internet and objective information.