In towns and villages retaken by Ukraine, residents have wasted no time in erasing the marks of Russia’s presence. “I never thought I would be so happy to see our flag.”
ZALIZNYCHNE, Ukraine—Jubilant residents came out to welcome Ukrainian forces back to dozens of towns and villages after six months under Russian occupation as the work of unraveling their rule began., Ukrainian military personnel were hauling a stricken tank marked with the letter “Z” abandoned by Russians who controlled this area until Ukrainian forces broke through their defenses just last week.
A clear picture of what happened across territories occupied by Russia has yet to emerge. Phone networks are largely down and authorities have restricted access for the media while they remove mines and work to identify who collaborated with the occupation authorities. Ukrainian police moving into newly liberated towns and villages here have urged residents to report crimes committed by Russian forces and to identify their Ukrainian accomplices as they begin settling accounts.
As their remains were dug up, Ms. Grigorov said the fear that hung over her for the past six months was gone.last Wednesday after three days of heavy shelling. “It happened so quickly,” he said. “In an hour and a half, there was no one here.”“It’s hard to comprehend,” said Oleksandr Verbityskyi, a security guard at a grain store that Russian forces used as their headquarters in the village.A blaze broke out at a power plant in Ukraine’s Kharkiv region after Russian strikes that caused blackouts.
Security services said they detained a police chief who joined the occupation authorities in Balakliya as he tried to flee to Russian-occupied territory further east. In the city of Kupyansk, security services said they had detained a 55-year-old man who joined the Russians and assumed a position as head of the state-owned forestry enterprise. A 47-year-old woman who took a job there as chief accountant was detained too, security services said.
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