'Death Is Everywhere' in a Once-Jubilant Ukrainian City
Jeffrey Gettleman The New York Times
Tamara Smoliarchuk mourning at the graves of her mother and sister, in Kherson on Tuesday. (photo: Finbarr O'Reilly/The New York Times)
11 May 23
No city in Ukraine has suffered the reversal of fortunes that Kherson has. Liberated in the fall, it was a symbol of hope. Now it is a kill zone.
Entering town from the west, you pass the ATB supermarket, one of the mainstays of the city’s shopping. A rocket ripped into it a few days ago, shrapnel slicing into shoppers, killing four.
After that lie more crushed buildings, disassembled by Russian artillery shells.
