Sunday marks one month since Russia’s troops withdrew from Kherson after an eight-month occupation, sparking jubilation across Ukraine.
The departing Russians left behind all sorts of ugly surprises, and their artillery continues to. The regional administration said Saturday that shelling over the past month has killed 41 people, including a child, in Kherson, and 96 have been hospitalized.
On Friday alone, according to the local affiliate of public broadcaster Suspilne, Russian forces shelled the region 68 times with mortars, artillery and tank and rocket fire. In the last month, 5,500 people have taken evacuation trains out, and work crews have cleared 115 miles of road, Suspilne reported.
There’s no telling whether what Russia insists on calling a “special military operation” will end in days, weeks, months or even years. In Kherson’s Beryslavskyi district, a main road was blocked off with a sign reading “Mines ahead” and rerouting passersby to a smaller road. In fact, it was that side road that was mined, costing the lives of some military deminers. A few weeks later, four police officers were killed there, including the chief from the northern city of Chernihiv, who had come to help Kherson regain its footing.
The city’s main police station, where detainees were reportedly tortured, is packed with explosives. When demining squads tried to work their way in, part of the building exploded — so they’ve shelved the project for now.
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