The city was liberated in November but ever since the Russians have been bombarding it from across the Dnieper River
italiy Savchenko showed off the damage from a Russian shell that had landed right across the street. Shrapnel tore holes in his garage and blew off the kitchen door. There were three neat gaps in his car. “When it’s a mortar you have five seconds to react. With a Grad missile it’s a bit longer – about 18 seconds,” he said. “A tank round is instantaneous. There’s no time to hide.”
Last weekend bombs landed on the railway line, residential buildings and a warehouse. One guard was killed and several people injured. An S-300 ballistic missile gouged a vast crater. Another projectile hit the Soviet-era jubilee cinema and theatre, where Savchenko had once watched a promising young comedian – Volodymyr Zelenskiy – perform his sketches. He also saw the English rock band Smokie play there.
The Russians can surveil the city by flying drones above their side of the river. They don’t need to: after spending most of 2022 in Kherson they can plot everything on a map. The Red Cross building has been hit three times. A volunteer and mother of two, Victoria Yaryshko,“We’ve learned to distinguish between their artillery and ours,” Savchenko said. “If it’s outgoing my cat stays asleep. When it’s Russian she gets up and hides downstairs.
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