Kherson: At the River’s Edge, Under Russian Shells

Kherson is a major regional center and gateway to the southern regions of Ukraine, located near the very mouth of the Dnipro River. With a population of more than 300,000 people before the full-scale invasion, it was the only regional center that the Russian army was able to capture. However, since Kherson and its environs were on the opposite bank of the Dnipro from most of Russia’s invasion forces, holding it became untenable.

Under pressure from Ukrainian forces with constant shelling of bridges across the Dnipro River in its rear, the Russian army left the settlements of the region one by one. Finally, in November 2022, they left Kherson itself – an important victory for Ukraine.

Yet Russian troops have been able to maintain a foothold on the opposite bank of the Dnipro, a few kilometers from Kherson. Since then, they have been shelling the city with all types of artillery and bombing it with aircraft for a year and a half. Explosions are heard in the city every day, resulting in wounded and dead.

Kyiv Post visited the city on the front line to see how people manage to survive amid constant shelling.

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