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  • How did Kherson fall so quickly? Betrayal looks like a good bet

    03/30/2022 6:00:41 PM PDT · by Zhang Fei · 24 replies
    Gemm News ^ | March 30, 2022 | Admin
    Ukrainian regular army units defending the city have moved to the Kherson front as Ukraine retakes lost territory outside the city of Mykolaiv—territory that was lost because Kherson’s territorial defense forces didn’t fight, and they didn’t blow the main bridge connecting the city with Russian forces coming up from Crimea. As a result, Kherson still remains the only major Ukrainian city to fall to Russia. This article in Russia’s Novaya Gazeta (link runs article through Google translate) gives us clues as to what happened. How did you take Kherson? "Stupidity or betrayal, perhaps both," says former governor of the Kherson...