Kherson is a port city in Ukraine that serves as the administrative centre of Kherson Oblast. Located by the Black Sea and on the Dnieper River, Kherson is the home to a major ship-building industry and is a regional economic centre. At the beginning of 2022, its population was estimated at 279,131.
Oleksandr Valentynovych Turchynov is a Ukrainian politician, screenwriter, Baptist minister and economist. He is the former Secretary of the National Security and Defence Council of Ukraine.
Kherson International Airport is a civil and military airport serving the city of Kherson, Ukraine. It is located at Chornobaivka, in Kherson Oblast, on the north-west outskirts of the city of Kherson.
This is a timeline of the 2014 pro-Russian unrest that has erupted in Ukraine, in the aftermath of the Ukrainian revolution and the Euromaidan movement.
Special Group "Alpha" is an elite Ukrainian special forces, branch of the Security Service of Ukraine; and a successor of the Soviet Union's Alpha Group. Group Alpha is one of the top divisions of the special forces of Ukraine.
Dmitri Golubov is a Ukrainian politician and former Member of the Parliament of Ukraine, cybercriminal, former carder. He is also the leader of the Internet Party of Ukraine, although he has never taken part in any election as a candidate of this party.
Oleksandr Ivanovych Kuts is a Ukrainian political military commander, a Major General, the Chief of the newly created Directorate of the Security Service of Ukraine in Donetsk and Luhansk Oblasts. He was the Head of the Office of the Security Service of Ukraine in Donetsk Oblast from March 25, 2015, to August 21, 2017. He was the Governor of Donetsk Oblast between 22 June 2018 and 5 July 2019.
Ihor Viktorovych Kolykhaiev is a Ukrainian politician who has served as mayor of Kherson since the 2020 Ukrainian local elections. Kolykhaiev is former People's Deputy of Ukraine, elected in the 2019 Ukrainian parliamentary election.
Oleksandr Olehovych Kunytskyi is a Ukrainian and Israeli blogger, private entrepreneur, and politician. He is People's Deputy of Ukraine of 9th convocation as a member of Servant of the People party. He is also known as ZP Sanek. He used this nickname during the election.
Sense Bank is one of the largest Ukrainian banks. Prior to its nationalization in July 2023, it was owned by ABH Financial Limited and ABH Ukraine Limited. Previously called Alfa-Bank ; on December 1, 2022, the name of the bank was changed to Sense Bank. According to the National Bank of Ukraine, the bank was founded in 1993 and as of 2021, it is on the list of top 10 largest financial institutions in the country by asset size. The bank is a member of the Deposit Guarantee Fund and it is identified as a systemically important bank in Ukraine.
The battle of Kherson took place between Russian and Ukrainian forces that began on 24 February 2022, as part of the southern Ukraine campaign of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. The battle ended on 2 March 2022 with the capture of the city of Kherson, along with surrounding land on the right bank of the Dnieper river, by Russian forces. Russia then began a military occupation of the area.
Igor Yurievich Kastyukevich is a Russian political figure and deputy of the 8th State Duma.
During the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine and the resulting Russian occupation of multiple Ukrainian towns and cities, numerous cases of non-violent resistance against the invasion took place. Local residents organised protests against the invasion and blocked the movement of Russian military equipment. The Russian military dispersed the protests, sometimes with live fire, injuring many and killing some. Most of the large protests ended in March.
The Russian occupation of Kherson Oblast is an ongoing military occupation of Ukraine's Kherson Oblast by Russian forces that began on 2 March 2022 during the Russian invasion of Ukraine as part of the southern Ukraine campaign. It was administrated under a Russian-controlled military-civilian regime until 30 September 2022, when it was illegally annexed to become an unrecognized federal subject of Russia.
During the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine there has been military and political collaborationism between Ukrainian citizens and officials and the Russian military.
Vladimir Vasilyevich Saldo is a Ukrainian and Russian politician serving as the acting governor of the collaborationist annexed Kherson Oblast in Russian-occupied Ukraine since 4 October 2022. A member of the ruling United Russia, he previously served as the head of the Kherson military-civilian administration from 26 April to 4 October 2022.
During the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, Russia set up a series of pro-Russian temporary administrative agencies in the Ukrainian territory that it occupied.
Kherson is the name given to one of two raccoons stolen from Kherson by Russian zookeeper Oleg Zubkov during the Russian retreat from the city during the Russian invasion of Ukraine. The animal became a subject of memes following the theft, referred to as the raccoon of Kherson. A pro-Russian Telegram channel is dedicated to the animal.
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