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Locals react to a volunteer from Odesa distributing aid on the main square in front of the Regional Administration Building in Kherson on Wednesday.

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Locals react to a volunteer from Odesa distributing aid on the main square in front of the Regional Administration Building in Kherson on Wednesday.

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ODESA, Ukraine — The Ukrainian city of Kherson is rapidly reviving after more than eight and a half months of Russian occupation.

Although there is still no water or electricity, people still Back to the streets for happy celebrations. Workgroups are rushing to set up cell phones, Wi-Fi and electrical connections. Demining teams are trying to clear areas around critical infrastructure including major roads, railways and power plants.

Freedom Square in central Kherson has been transformed into a temporary carnival and humanitarian aid distribution center. People covered with Ukrainian flags sing patriotic songs. Ukrainian soldiers are celebrated as heroes: Citizens hug them, boys ask for autographs and uniforms. Children race around the monument wrapped in new yellow and blue bunting.

“On the first day, when everyone knew [the Russian occupation] Mariya Kryvoruchko said: “We are very happy!”.

But despite the current fun, residents describe a scary job where speaking Ukrainian can get you detained and people disappear without a trace.

“Honestly I was scared,” Kryvoruchko said. “At different times, I believe we will be freed. Other times, I don’t.”

She said that every night she heard the screams of inmates held at the local police station less than a block from her home.

“Deep down in my soul, I’m still afraid. I don’t trust Putin and I’m afraid of him.”

Above: A woman touches Maksym, a soldier from the 140th isolated reconnaissance brigade, to show her gratitude. Bottom left: A soldier signs the Ukrainian flag in Kherson’s central square. Bottom right: Maksym hugs children in Kherson’s central square.

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Above: A woman touches Maksym, a soldier from the 140th isolated reconnaissance brigade, to show her gratitude. Bottom left: A soldier signs the Ukrainian flag in Kherson’s central square. Bottom right: Maksym hugs children in Kherson’s central square.

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A damaged portrait of Russian President Vladimir Putin outside a police station that Kherson residents say was used by the Russians as a center for detention and torture.

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A damaged portrait of Russian President Vladimir Putin outside a police station that Kherson residents say was used by the Russians as a center for detention and torture.

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A cot was burned in a police station that residents Kherson said the Russians used to hold and torture curfew violators and those suspected of collaborating with Ukrainian authorities.

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A cot was burned in a police station that residents Kherson said the Russians used to hold and torture curfew violators and those suspected of collaborating with Ukrainian authorities.

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People surround a truck distributing medical aid in Kherson on Wednesday.

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People surround a truck distributing medical aid in Kherson on Wednesday.

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A crew from Ukraine’s State Emergency Service searches for mines and unexploded ordnance next to a highway in Posad-Pokrovske, a village located between the cities of Mykolaiv and Kherson, on Wednesday.

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A crew from Ukraine’s State Emergency Service searches for mines and unexploded ordnance next to a highway in Posad-Pokrovske, a village located between the cities of Mykolaiv and Kherson, on Wednesday.

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A billboard in the city of Kherson urges citizens to vote yes in a September referendum held under Russian occupation to decide whether the region should join the Russian Federation. . The supposed outcome of the referendums led to Russia’s formal annexation of the Kherson, Zaporizhzhia, Luhansk and Donetsk regions.

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A billboard in the city of Kherson urges citizens to vote yes in a September referendum held under Russian occupation to decide whether the region should join the Russian Federation. . The supposed outcome of the referendums led to Russia’s formal annexation of the Kherson, Zaporizhzhia, Luhansk and Donetsk regions.

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Mariya Kryvoruchko, 70, with her son-in-law’s dog Sana in Kherson on Wednesday. Kryvoruchko described the occupied city as like living in a “vacuum” and said she could hear screams from a makeshift detention center less than a block from her home.

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Mariya Kryvoruchko, 70, with her son-in-law’s dog Sana in Kherson on Wednesday. Kryvoruchko described the occupied city as like living in a “vacuum” and said she could hear screams from a makeshift detention center less than a block from her home.

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Left: Men in the uniforms of an internet provider working on overhead power lines. The infrastructure for Kherson’s basic services was destroyed, leaving the city largely without electricity, water, heat, and internet. Right: A woman gets emotional after laying flowers at a makeshift memorial in Buzkovy Park where volunteers defending Ukrainian territory were killed by Russian forces on March 1.

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Left: Men in the uniforms of an internet provider working on overhead power lines. The infrastructure for Kherson’s basic services was destroyed, leaving the city largely without electricity, water, heat, and internet. Right: A woman gets emotional after laying flowers at a makeshift memorial in Buzkovy Park where volunteers defending Ukrainian territory were killed by Russian forces on March 1.

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A destroyed bridge near liberated Klapaya, about 12 miles outside the city of Kherson, on Wednesday.

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A destroyed bridge near liberated Klapaya, about 12 miles outside the city of Kherson, on Wednesday.

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Graffiti depicting Valerii Zaluzhnyi, commander-in-chief of Ukraine’s armed forces, in Kherson’s central square. The inscription reads, “God and leader Zaluzhnyi are with us.”

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Graffiti depicting Valerii Zaluzhnyi, commander-in-chief of Ukraine’s armed forces, in Kherson’s central square. The inscription reads, “God and leader Zaluzhnyi are with us.”

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Local youths fly the Ukrainian flag in Kherson, which was newly liberated on Wednesday.

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Local youths fly the Ukrainian flag in Kherson, which was newly liberated on Wednesday.

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People visit a makeshift monument on the central square of the newly liberated Kherson on Wednesday.

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People visit a makeshift monument on the central square of the newly liberated Kherson on Wednesday.

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