Yevhen Kucherov is a journalist who until recently was in occupied Kherson. He told, how the city lives under the control of the Russian military, which is happening in the surrounding villages and how he managed to evacuate from the occupied region.

“The last sunset in unoccupied Ukraine”
– Near Nova Kakhovka, the occupiers immediately started hoisting their flag (Russian – ed.) On the 24th (February – ed.) At noon. And to us (in Kherson – ed.) Appeared, there were fights, everyone heard what was happening near Antonovka. In fact, the 24th was the last sunset we saw in free, unoccupied Ukraine. We were in Kherson itself, we lived in a residential area.

Eugene says that while staying in Kherson, he tried to concentrate on informing foreign media about what was happening during the occupation.
– I worked, helped foreign media, helped to connect with people, organized interviews, translated during zoom communication, whether WhatsApp or something else, helped our mayor (Igor Kolikhaev – ed.) To tell abroad happening in Kherson. In principle, I saw this as my civic duty, because in the Ukrainian-speaking, Russian-speaking information space and without me, many people worked there, and I just focused on making the English-speaking society know what is happening here. Because at that time it turned out that when everyone left, or someone stopped working, those who speak English and can help our foreign colleagues learn about Kherson – there was a shortage of such people.