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In Kherson, Ukrainians live the waking nightmare of the Russian occupation: the story of the special envoy of Le Figaro

2022-06-17T18:10:14.038Z


REPORT - In the city, the first to fall into the hands of the Russian army since the beginning of the war, the ruble has become common currency.


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In the city of Kherson, time stood still on March 1 when Russian forces took control.

Nothing works anymore, at least not like before.

The governor left the region.

The former mayor of the city is hiding in an undisclosed location.

As in other Ukrainian cities under its control, Moscow replaced them with pro-Russian officials.

The heads of the Ukrainian civil-military administration now have their headquarters in Mykolaiv, from where they collect, thanks to open source information searches, data on disappearances or the flow of refugees who reach the free zones: more 60% of the city's 300,000 inhabitants are believed to have fled.

On Facebook or even Telegram, in fact, worried messages abound: a sister has lost track of her brother, out for a walk in the street.

A mother searches for her son who has been arrested.

Desperate relatives ask after a retired couple…”

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Source: lefigaro

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