Live in Kherson 10 Days after Liberation: Details and Video

Kherson, which has been liberated from the invaders, experiences regular problems with electricity, water supply and communications, while the city continues to suffer from Russian artillery attacks and landmines left behind by the Russian military. At the same time, banks and supermarkets have started to open in Kherson, and railway traffic has also been restored.

The humanitarian situation remains difficult, so specially equipped tents have been set up in the city, where people can keep warm, get hot drinks and food, charge phones and use the Internet.

TSN.ua has gathered all available details about life in Kherson 10 days after de-occupation.

On November 21, civilian infrastructure in Kherson was hit and one person died as a result of shelling by Russian troops, while three others were injured and hospitalized in a regional hospital.

TSN correspondent Ivan Petrychak reported from Kherson that there were many people walking with water bottles in their hands on the city's central square on Monday. Bottles are the only way to bring water home. There are problems with communication, traffic lights do not work, because there is no power supply, so in order to somehow recharge their gadgets, people go out to the square and stand in line. There they can use diesel generators to recharge and get SIM cards to calls their relatives. Mobile antennas are set up to keep people connected.

Despite this, some banks and large supermarkets have already resumed their work in the city attracting long lines of local civilians.

According to a TSN’s reported, explosions are regularly heard there, as Russian artillery continues to barrage the city. However, local people say that after 8 months of Russian rules there is nothing to make them feel sacred.

According to Petrychak, Ukrainian military strongly advises those who managed to leave Kherson before the invasion not to rush back home, as the city remains highly dangerous.

The curfew has been introduced in the city from 7:00 p.m. to 06:30 a.m. During this time, residents are prohibited to stay on the streets and in other public places.

On November 21, Day of Dignity and Freedom was celebrated in the city downtown, and the festive event was attended by the Head of the Kherson Regional Military Administration Yaroslav Yanushevych.

Earlier, the State Emergency Service officers had cleared the city of posters with pro-Russian slogans left behind by the invaders.

Resumption of Railway Traffic

On November 19, the first train arrived in Kherson from Kyiv after the start of full-scale war.

There were 200 passengers in the  railway cars, who purchased the “Victory Tickets”. The train also had a mail car to deliver letters and parcels to the city.

On the eve of the train arrival, the railway station in Kherson was connected to power supply and water supply.

Railway traffic in Kherson was resumed a week after liberation. Since bow on, the train will arrive there on each even-numbered day and depart back to Kyiv on each odd-numbered day.

Torture Prions Left Behind and Buildings Rigged with Explosives

The law-enforcement officers have discovered torture rooms in four buildings in Kherson, where the invaders illegally detained and brutally abused local people.

According to the Office of the Prosecutor General, during the invader rule, the Russian military and representatives of the Russian special services set up pseudo-law enforcement agencies in the seized buildings of the Kherson temporary detention center, the pre-trial detention facility and one of the district police departments.

"Rubber nightsticks, a wooden bat, equipment used by the invaders to tortured civilians with electricity, an incandescent lamp and bullets from the walls were retrieved for forensic examination. Various methods of torture, physical and psychological violence were used against people in the cells and basements here. During the investigation, the victims kept in the basement of a local office buildings, where the invaders set up another torture room, testified about abuse, and the law-enforcement officers discovered a piece of metal pipe, handcuffs and other items used for torture purpose," the report reads.

Currently, the police is searching for all victims who suffered from the abuse by the Russian invaders. Another task to establish the location of the prison cells and illegal places of detention is ongoing.

Meanwhile, according to Rostyslav Smirnov, the Adviser to the Minister of Internal Affairs, one of the key problems in Kherson is to clear the mine contamination, especially at the critical infrastructure facilities.

"The main problem is the large explosive devices. I’ve spent the last few days there the State Emergency Service officers. They work 24/7, but the scale of landmine contamination is too high. I personally saw landmines planted at the playground between children soccer balls... The trip wires are planted at every inch of land. The scales are impressive, so our key task now is to demine critical infrastructure facilities to resume power supply and water supplies for Kherson residents as soon as possible", Smirnov said.

Evacuation Offered to Kherson Residents

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Reintegration of the Temporarily Occupied Territories Iryna Vereshchuk confirmed that the residents of Kherson were offered a voluntary evacuation.

"We have already launched (evacuation - ed.) campaign. It is voluntary and only for those who are willing evacuate, but we strobgly advise people with disabilities, women with children, the elderly to temporarily leave the area. We have a humanitarian office deployed on Svoboda Square, where you can come to sign up for evacuation. You may also call the hotline operated by the Regional Military Administration," the Deputy Prime Minister said.

According to her, evacuation routes have been developed, and the refugees primary go to Mykolaiv, Odess, and Kryvyi Rig, from where they may further move to Zakarpattia, Lviv, Khmelnytskyi and Kirovohrad Regions.

According to Vereshchuk, Kherson residents may learn more about evacuation by calling the following phone numbers:

- (066) 637-49-85

- (098) 176-16-98

- 15-48

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