‘I advise people to leave’: Kherson’s leaders toil to turn city around
by Isobel Koshiw, Lorenzo Tondo and Artem Mazhulin in from World news | The Guardian on (#65Z9H)
After the euphoria of the Ukrainian city's recapture, many of its people are living at rock bottom, lacking the basics to survive
Before the war, the problems faced by the residents of Kherson were similar to those in many European cities: salaries, corruption, addiction, the need to improve public services. Now they centre on obtaining the means of survival: water, heat, food, electricity and connection to the outside world.
Many villages in the Kherson region have been without electricity, gas and running water for months. Kherson city's electricity and water supply was cut off around two weeks ago as the Russians fled, and not everyone had a gas supply.
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