In strategically key southern region, militaries are dug in and civilians are caught in the middle.
A destroyed Russian military vehicle sits in the Kherson region of Ukraine. Russian forces had positions there until about three weeks ago. KHERSON OBLAST, Ukraine — What was the Russian military’s trench position has been abandoned for about three weeks — since Ukraine’s forces won a battle here and pushed the Russians farther back in these towns and villages outside the southern Ukrainian city of Kherson.
The Black Sea port city of Kherson, just north of the Russian-annexed Crimean Peninsula, was the first major city the Russians occupied in this war. In the nearly two months since, Ukrainian forces have launched several counterattacks and reclaimed some villages in the region.
“But now they’ve stopped doing this,” he added. “I think it’s because they’re waiting. They probably understand now that they don’t have a chance to control all of Ukraine.” Alexander was participating in a training program at the U.S. Marine Corps base in Quantico, Va., when Russia attacked his country on Feb. 24. Within two weeks, he was on the battlefield in Ukraine, and was eventually stationed in the northern part of the Kherson region.Last week, he drove down a mud road to visit the Russians’ now-deserted post, where they had set up a traffic checkpoint.
In the city of Kryvyi Rih, about 30 miles north of the Kherson region’s border, thousands of people displaced from Kherson are waiting and hoping for just that. Larysa Sydorenko, who runs a hub for refugees, said most people from Kherson who come through the center stay in Kryvyi Rih rather than moving on to the country’s west — considered safer because it is farther from the Russian border.
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