Its not a 'capture', its an actual liberation of an occupied Ukrainian city.
Posted on 11/14/2022 4:27:56 AM PST by Timber Rattler
Iryna Dyagileva’s daughter attended a school where the curriculum included memorizing the Russian national anthem. But teachers ignored it, instead quietly greeting students in the morning with a salute: “Glory to Ukraine!”
The occupation authorities asked Olha Malyarchuk, a clerk at a taxi company, to settle bills in rubles. But she kept paying in Ukrainian currency, the hryvnia.
“It just didn’t work,” Ms. Malyarchuk said of the Russian propaganda that was beamed into televisions and plastered on billboards for the nine months of Russia’s occupation of Kherson. On Sunday, she was walking in a park, waving a small Ukrainian flag.
One roadside billboard proclaimed in bold text, “We are together with Russia!” But a teenager who offered only his first name, Oleksandr, had shinned up the supporting pole and was tearing the sign to pieces. Asked how he felt, he said, “Free.”
The Ukrainian Army, defying the odds after its much more powerful neighbor invaded in February, has reclaimed hundreds of villages and towns in three major counteroffensives north of Kyiv, in the northeastern Kharkiv region and now in the southern Kherson region.
But the city of Kherson stands out: It was the focus of an ambitious Russian campaign to assimilate the citizenry and stamp out Ukrainian identity — a goal President Vladimir V. Putin harbored for all of Ukraine had his military been more successful, judging by his assertions that Ukrainians and Russians are one nation.
In Kherson, national songs were banned. Speaking Ukrainian could lead to arrest. Schools adopted Russian curriculums, and young students were to be told that they were Russians, not Ukrainians.
In the early days of the city’s liberation, it appears that those Russian efforts were largely futile, at least among those who remained in the city as Ukrainian forces approached.
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No surprise. Last census-Kherson Oblast is 82% Ukrainian and 14% Russian.
Zelensky is in Kherson
What of it?
Ukrainian Telegram Channel https://t.me/s/legitimniy/
While everyone is celebrating the victory and the capture of Kherson, real diplomacy is taking place elsewhere, and we were not even invited there as observers. Again, the thesis about the inadmissibility of “negotiations about Ukraine without Ukraine” becomes relevant, but the office of president or our honest journalists will not write about this.
Director of the Foreign Intelligence Service Sergey Naryshkin arrived in Ankara as part of a Russian delegation to negotiate with the United States. The American delegation is led by CIA Director William Burns.
Discussions on the Sullivan formula are actively ongoing, with contacts between the US and Russia rising sharply in the past month.
Its not a 'capture', its an actual liberation of an occupied Ukrainian city.
This shows the failure of Russian tactics under Putin.
In the 1990s, the Ukrainian identity was weak - most people would say “we are from here” meaning a local identity, not Russian, not Ukrainian.
But Putin’s invasion in 2014 and his actions leading up to that over the decade built up a sense of identity.
And now, thanks to Putin’s 2nd invasion in February 2022, he has created a fervent sense of Ukrainian identity - that’s thanks to Putin.
If, instead, Russia had continued in the way of Yeltsin and used soft power - art, culture, literature, music, television, films etc., then Ukrainian identity would be as weak as Belarusian - actually weaker.
Putin by his invasion actually gave Ukrainian identity a massive boost.
you Russians see how badly your army is losing and so are trying to sue for peace to keep your ill gotten gains.
Fine - leave Ukrainian territory in totality and then peace talks can start.
Kherson has a solid land connection to Ukraine territory on three sides.
It has only one connection to Russian territory - on the south - and it has to move its army across several miles of water and marsh land just to get back to solid ground.
There is no russian land bridge to Crimea without Kherson Oblast. Also, the canal that feeds water from the Dnieper River to Crimea runs through Kherson Oblast.
And Putin also wanted Odessa and then Moldova further west, to landlock Ukraine.
That’s been the problem for Russia, they are fighting battles for political reasons not military ones.
Time and again Russian soldiers have been ask to die to hold an indefensible piece of land because giving it up would cause Putin embarrassment.
🇷🇺🇺🇲 In Ankara today, the head of the CIA meets with the director of the Foreign Intelligence Service Naryshkin to discuss the detained US citizens and nuclear risks - CNN journalist, citing a White House representative
According to her, Burns will not discuss the peaceful settlement of the conflict in Ukraine there.
There were many articles on how Putin's 8 year war(started in 2014) with Ukraine, cemented Ukrainian sense of identity.
'The birth of a nation. How Putin wanted to destroy Ukrainian people, but ended up strengthening Ukrainian identity'
https://theins.ru/en/history/253185
I would like President Putin to be here so we can talk face to face with him - European Commission President Von der Leyen at the G20 summit
We are moving forward and we are ready for peace, peace for our entire country — Zelensky
The head of the Austrian Foreign Ministry said that the door for negotiations between Moscow and Kiev should remain open
Macron urged to intensify diplomatic efforts so that the parties to the conflict in Ukraine sit down at the negotiating table
One of Ukraine’s key energy facilities was seriously damaged last week, Ukrenergo reported.
According to the company, a difficult situation with energy supply is observed in Kiev and 7 other regions of the country.
⚡️India ready to double trade with Russia soon - Indian Express
At a September meeting of the country’s top leaders, the government called for a doubling of trade with Russia. This will be facilitated by “the use of the Indian rupee for trade settlements.”
I disagree - the Russians control the entire southern and far east coast of the Sea of Azov.
It is my understanding they also control 100% of Crimea, including the land bridge at Kerch.
LOL, what is the Russian response?
In response to Mr Zelensky's visit, the Kremlin said that Kherson was part of Russia.
Without Kherson 'OBLAST'
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