Posted on 11/05/2022 7:38:14 AM PDT by Timber Rattler
Things are disappearing in the Ukrainian city of Kherson at a rapid rate. Some are physical objects. Russian troops are taking away ambulances, tractors and stolen private cars. Cultural things are going too: archives, and paintings and sculptures from the art and local lore museums. Even the bones of Catherine the Great’s friend and lover, Grigory Potemkin, have been grubbed up from a crypt in St Catherine’s cathedral and spirited away.
Russian soldiers are ferrying this loot across the Dnieper river, to the left bank of the Kherson region. They have also been deporting local citizens under the guise of a humanitarian rescue mission. Others have refused to leave. A round-the-clock curfew has been introduced. Nobody knows how many of Kherson’s 300,000 pre-war inhabitants remain. According to relatives of those still there, the city is mostly empty, its ghostly fate likely to be decided over the next few weeks in a series of bloody battles.
Last Thursday, the Russian flag was taken down from Kherson’s neo-classical regional state administration building. The gesture prompted speculation that Moscow was about to abandon the city, which it seized in early March, paving the way for the Ukrainian army’s triumphant return. From a military perspective this would make sense, as the Russian contingent is effectively surrounded. At the same time it seems far-fetched Vladimir Putin and his generals would leave Kherson without a struggle.
Locals are unconvinced by Moscow’s machinations. “It’s probably a trick,” Alyona Lapchuk told the Observer. “The Russians are dressing up as civilians and hiding in houses.”
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You mean they are preventing the BLMing of history. The rest is moving useful equipment so that the enemy can’t use it.
Looting is what Napoleon did to Moscow. Wagons full of furniture, silverware, curtains, china, etc.
“Even the bones of Catherine the Great’s friend and lover, Grigory Potemkin, have been grubbed up from a crypt in St Catherine’s cathedral and spirited away.”
You forgot to include drink party.
LOL Ukrainians are looting America so I don’t care.
It looks like Jo Jo’s buddies are going to need a few more pallets of taxpayer money.
Democrats Enabled The Looting Crisis Spreading Across America
Ahead of the final battle for America.
Gee, sounds a lot like....nazis.
That’s Nazi answer.
“Russian troops loot Kherson as lines redrawn ahead of final battle for city”
That’s what they deserve for not pulling down their Ukrainian flags before leaving.
Loot, hide, terrorize, kill and rape.
Fact Check: TRUE
The Roosians had extensive training by the democrats in this country, on how to get the most “bang-for-the-buck”!
Hey, sicko. Nobody cares about your propaganda, fairytale posts -- Zelensky!
Get back on your meds.
Russian Derangement Syndrome turns one into a babbling fool. But, all Never Trumpers like yourself are babbling fools.
Curious too that the one thing they always steal are toilets.
- US assistance to Ukraine increasingly depends on "refurbishing" antiquated weapons kept in storage as current inventories of weapons run low;
- Russian tanks continue to roll out of factories while those in storage are also being upgraded and deployed;
- British state media admits Ukraine faces difficulties in taking Kherson city;
- Russian forces continue preparing for protracted combat while Ukraine races against the clock in terms of energy, economics, and material support for combat operations
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