Kherson Oblast

On 9 March, Russian military forces entered Skadovsk in the Kherson region, locals were not allowed to visit the monument to famous Ukrainian poet, writer and artist Taras Shevchenko, and computers were taken out of the city council.

Protests against the Russian occupation continue in the Kherson Region and in the city of Kherson.

The Russian occupying forces have blocked the operation of the Chornobayi poultry farm, which holds 3 million chickens. On 6 March, the Russian forces fired at staff who were transporting feed for the farm. On Monday-Tuesday, the chickens will start dying of hunger.

More than 3,000 residents of Russian-occupied Chaplynka in the Kherson region have been protesting against the Russian occupation.

Following the example of their regional centre Kherson, rallies are springing up in other Kherson regional towns like Nova Kakhovka, Novooleksiivka and Kalanchak. The residents in Troitske in the Luhansk region are taking to the streets as well.

In the temporarily occupied town of Nova Kakhovka in the Kherson region, thousands of Ukrainians are rallying against the occupation.

On 6 March, there is once again no mobile service in the Kherson region.

Ukraine has loaded 30 trucks with humanitarian aid for the residents of Kherson region, however, the Russian occupying troops are preventing it from being delivered.

The Kherson Regional State Administration has stated that the claims of Russian media that Kherson wanted ‘to join Russia’ are fake.

In the full-scale war against Ukraine in the Crimean area, Russia is using forces mobilized from the temporarily occupied territory of eastern Ukraine.

A state inspector of the customs clearance department of Chaplynka checkpoint was arrested in Kherson oblast on allegations of bribery, the Security Service of Ukraine reported on August 27.

Police and independent observers have noted violations during today’s by-elections to the Rada

Explosive devices, either real or hoax, were reported at voting centers in Kherson, Petro Poroshenko Bloc informs on Facebook, referring to its Kherson regional office.