#Kherson

[dontforgetukraine]

The BBC has finally picked up the story of the "human safari" russians are conducting in Kherson against the residents.

They report that since July 1, the city’s military administration have recorded more than 5,000 drone attacks with more than 400 civilians injured.

[The drone videos] were each posted with goading and threats to the Ukrainian public, including claims that all vehicles were legitimate targets and that people should minimise their public movement. The injured people were also insulted, called "pigs" or in one case mocked for being a woman.

If you want to read the BBC article and share it, you can find it below.

[folklorespring]

Happy vyshyvanka day!

"Portrait of a girl in vyshyvanka" by Mykhailo Bryanksy/"Peasant woman from Ternopilshchyna" by Marta Makarenko

Both paintings were stolen by russians from Kherson Art Museum.

[tilbageidanmark]

Watermelons from Kherson at river port of Kiev, Ukrainian, 1958.

[vintage-ukraine]

Rain in Kherson by Heorhii Petrov, 1992

[xoheisse]

stories of children whose lives were taken by russians

1. Marharyta from Kharkiv region, 8 years old.

On June 21, cluster munitions fell in the yard of her family's house. Marharyta died instantly, her heart was pierced through. The girl's father, at the age of 36, has become completely gray. The mother cannot describe in words how she feels after losing her child.

2. Kyrylo from Kherson, 8 years old.

In April, the family evacuated from Kherson to Vinnytsia. On July 14, russia shelled the city, Kyrylo was in the car with his uncle. The boy died immediately from a fragment hitting his head, then an explosion occurred. The body was searched for several days. It was identified only through DNA analysis.

3. Daryna from Kharkiv region, 15 years old.

On March 13, a russian missile hit the family's house. When the father got to the hand of his dead daughter, he said: "Our Daryna is no more". She was buried in her native Dergachi. Mom recalls that the missiles flew over the people here and there. "Daryna, this is a farewell salute to you." said her father.

4. Polina, 8 years old.

On March 13, Polina and her mother wanted to evacuate Mariupol. As soon as they took a few steps outside, the russian military started shelling with mortars. Nadiya's mother died instantly. Both of Polina's legs and arms were broken. The girl was operated on in the city hospital. But on March 16, Polina's kidneys failed and she died. Polina was shooting videos on YouTube, dancing. She liked to change into different costumes and perform on stage.

5. Anna, 9 years old.

On March 19, an enemy shell hit near the house where Anna and her mother Yana were hiding. They went down to the basement. In the morning, slag began to fall from above. Several basement floor slabs fell on people. The mother rushed to help her daughter, but she could not pull her out from under the rubble on her own. Anya and other people remained buried in the basement. The girl liked to work with computers. Her mother promised that when Anya turned 10, she would enroll her in programming lessons. However...

6. Denys, 9 years old.

On September 3, the twins were walking in a park in Dnipropetrovs'k region. Suddenly, MLRS shells started flying. "I felt the space around me with my hand. He was at my feet. I went to him: "Danya, Danya ... ", but he was silent. Although they told me to lie down, I started crawling to my son. Ruslan was screaming next to me," the boy's mother recalls the shelling. On December 22, Denys was supposed to celebrate his birthday.

7. Oleksandr from Chernihiv, 13 years old.

On March 9, Sasha and his mother Tetyana decided to evacuate from Chernihiv. However, a shell exploded near the pedestrian column, and the boy was hit by many fragments. "He couldn't say anything, his eyes were closed, he was breathing heavily, he wheezed three times and died. He remained lying there," Sasha's mother recalls. In 2022, Sasha was an eighth grader. He was interested in the crypto market and dreamed of developing a YouTube channel for an english-speaking audience.

original post : ukraina_topnews

[k-s-morgan]

are you okay??

Hi! Despite the attacks, I'm fine, but I'm gutted and devastated over Russia exploding the dam. It flooded so many territories, so many animals are dead and dying, so many people can't get out. Many are on the roofs of their houses, helpless, with the water rising slowly, and Ukraine can't help because parts of these territories are occupied by Russia while Russia doesn't try to save them. I know from people there that Russians forbid anyone to go in or out, even those people who have boats and who are trying to escape. It's a terrible, hopeless situation, and the world seems indifferent since no one bothers to interfere and at least let us save those people. I saw our soldiers crying in despair because there is nothing they can do.

Kittens rescue video.

[thelittleukrainianwell-armedgirl]

Today russian terrorist forces blew up the Kakhovka Hydroelectric Power Plant in Ukraine’s southern Kherson region on June 6. Large parts of the south of Ukraine are in danger of severe flooding. This is a terrible, barbaric act of ecocide. And russia will pay.

Photo: Maxar, May 28 and May 5

Photo: Energoatom, May 6

[san-demetrio-corone]

Balka Baidykha, or Kherson mountains as the locals call it, is located near the village of Stanislav in the Kherson region.

Unfortunately this village was destroyed by russian shellings.

[anastasiamaru]

Museum and home of famous Ukrainian painter flooded

The home of famed Ukrainian painter Polina Raiko is under water as a result of the Kakhovka dam destruction.

Polina Raiko was a self-taught painter and an important figure in Ukrainian naïve artistry. Raiko passed away in 2004 at the age of 75 but her home became a museum and a national cultural monument of Ukraine.

[that-is-who-you-are]

Kherson region.

People and animals being rescued for more than a day.

Fucking russians.

An excellent list of organizations that can help Ukraine :

[ultimatraditor]

I wish I could be as strong as this woman saying "We will persevere. It will all pass and everything will be fine" right in the middle of a flooded settlement near the frontlines

[dontforgetukraine]

@/CaolanRob: I can’t stop thinking about the people of Kherson. The people there rely on the trees for protection from drones and right now the leaves on those trees are falling. So many people I met there will be dead soon unless something changes. This war is hell. What the Russians have waged on the people here is unforgettable and indescribable. Ukraine has to win and justice has to be served

Caolan Robertson shares his thoughts about his grim experience in Kherson where he witnessed what the residents have to go through where Russians deliberately target residents with drones. The situation has been called a "Human Safari".

He recently released a documentary about his experiences and what he saw there as well as interviewed the local residents. It's an important watch, especially coming from a Western content creator. I encourage everyone to spend 36 minutes of their day to watch it. It aligns with Zarina Zabrisky's reporting.

You can find the video below. Watch it, bookmark it, share it.

Finally, more of the Western media is picking up on this. Continue to make noise about what's happening in Kherson. There is still not enough attention.

[folklorespring]

One year ago russia blew up the Nova Kakhovka Dam.

[odinsblog]

🗣️This is literally a war crime

A key political ally of Vladimir Putin has adopted a child seized from a Ukrainian children's home, according to documents uncovered by BBC's Panorama.

Sergey Mironov, the 70-year-old leader of a Russian political party, is named on the adoption record of a two-year-old girl who was taken in 2022 by a woman he is now married to.

Records show the girl's identity was changed in Russia.

The child, originally named Margarita, was one of 48 who went missing from Kherson Regional Children's Home when Russian forces took control of the city.

They are among about 20,000 children who, according to the Ukrainian government, have been taken by Russian forces since the start of the full-scale invasion in 2022. Earlier this year the International Criminal Court (ICC) issued arrest warrants for President Vladimir Putin and his Commissioner for Children's Rights, Maria Lvova-Belova, for the alleged illegal deportation of Ukrainian children to Russian-controlled territory, with the intention of permanently removing them from their own country.

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[vintage-ukraine]

The Art Museum in Kherson, 1960s

[xoheisse]

russians destroying memorials to victims of Holodomor in temporarily occupied areas of Kherson region