Saturday, February 25, 2023

After Russian forces occupied Kherson, ordinary citizens fought back from the shadows

Tetiana Horobstova, 70, and her husband, Volodymyr, on the balcony of their home, where their daughter was talking on the phone when Russian soldiers came to arrest her in Kherson, Ukraine.

Residents of the Russian-speaking city became partisans who fought for the independence of Ukraine. The nine-month occupation is over, but Russia continues to shell the city.

(Image credit: Laurel Chor for NPR)

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