In Kherson, Ukrainians tear down symbols of occupation — billboards spreading Russian propaganda.
is located in one of the four regions, but Russia lost the city and the surrounding region to Ukraine in November in a major and humiliating defeat.and repeated shelling while evidence of atrocities committed during the occupation have emerged. Ukrainian authorities have evacuated some citizens fearing they won’t be able to cope because of the damage inflicted on the infrastructure.
Amid the hardship and destruction, the Russian propaganda billboards have fueled anger and resentment. Not even renewedCity workers set up a Ukrainian billboard that reads "Kherson Hero City" on Nov. 24, 2022.One Russia-installed billboard, for example, featured images of children wearing embroidered Ukrainian T-shirts, the traditional Vyshyvanka, with a digitally-added Russian tricolor flag and slogans like “Russia is here forever” or “Kherson is a Russian city.
Other billboards had the image of Alexander Suvorov, the Russian Empire’s legendary 18th-century general, and the caption: “Nature has created only one Russia; it has no rivals.” Before Ukrainian authorities managed to take them down, some Russian billboards were written over with Ukrainian signs, such as the acronym for theGradually, the pro-Russian messages have been replaced by yellow and blue Ukrainian banners with very different lines: “Kherson, hero city” or “Dear, you are free.”
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