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Photos show tense stillness of Ukraine’s Kherson, under threat from across the Dnipro River

Byline: Efrem Lukatsky

November 09 2025 11:15 PM

Photos show tense stillness of Ukraine's Kherson, under threat from across the Dnipro River | iNFOnews.ca — Local residents go along the street covered with an anti-FPV-drone net in the frontline city of Kherson, Southern Ukraine, Nov. 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

KHERSON, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine’s Kherson, once vibrant after its liberation, now faces a tense stillness. Three years after the nine-month Russian occupation ended, the city is under constant threat from across the Dnipro River.

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Photos show tense stillness of Ukraine's Kherson, under threat from across the Dnipro River | iNFOnews.ca — Local residents go along the street covered with an anti-FPV-drone net in the frontline city of Kherson, Southern Ukraine, Nov. 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

Photos show tense stillness of Ukraine's Kherson, under threat from across the Dnipro River | iNFOnews.ca — FILE – In this photo taken Sunday, Nov. 13, 2022, a Kherson resident kisses a Ukrainian soldier as Ukrainian army liberated the city from the Russian troops in Kherson, Ukraine, Nov. 13, 2022. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky, file)

Photos show tense stillness of Ukraine's Kherson, under threat from across the Dnipro River | iNFOnews.ca — FILE- In this photo taken Sunday, Nov. 13, 2022, a boy waves the national flag as the Ukrainian army liberated the city from the Russian troops in Kherson, Ukraine, Nov. 13, 2022. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky, File)

Photos show tense stillness of Ukraine's Kherson, under threat from across the Dnipro River | iNFOnews.ca — The city main square is seen deserted in the frontline city of Kherson, Southern Ukraine, Nov. 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

Photos show tense stillness of Ukraine's Kherson, under threat from across the Dnipro River | iNFOnews.ca — Ruined building of the regional administration following Russia’s constant shelling is seen on the main square in the frontline city of Kherson, Southern Ukraine, Nov. 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

Photos show tense stillness of Ukraine's Kherson, under threat from across the Dnipro River | iNFOnews.ca — Local residents keep close to the protective wall near the food market in the frontline city of Kherson, Southern Ukraine, Nov. 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

Photos show tense stillness of Ukraine's Kherson, under threat from across the Dnipro River | iNFOnews.ca — Florist Olha Komanytska, an owner of a small flower kiosk, wraps a rose bouquet in the frontline city of Kherson, Southern Ukraine, Nov. 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

Photos show tense stillness of Ukraine's Kherson, under threat from across the Dnipro River | iNFOnews.ca — Children play chess in an underground shelter in the frontline city of Kherson, Southern Ukraine, Nov. 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

Photos show tense stillness of Ukraine's Kherson, under threat from across the Dnipro River | iNFOnews.ca — A biker rides under the anti-FPV-drone net which covers the street in the residential neighbourhood in the frontline city of Kherson, Southern Ukraine, Nov. 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

Photos show tense stillness of Ukraine's Kherson, under threat from across the Dnipro River | iNFOnews.ca — Children study chess in an underground shelter in the frontline city of Kherson, Southern Ukraine, Nov. 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

Photos show tense stillness of Ukraine's Kherson, under threat from across the Dnipro River | iNFOnews.ca — Children practice at a boxing school in an underground shelter in the frontline city of Kherson, Southern Ukraine, Nov. 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

Photos show tense stillness of Ukraine's Kherson, under threat from across the Dnipro River | iNFOnews.ca — An empty road is covered with an anti-FPV-drone net at the approaches to the frontline city of Kherson, Southern Ukraine, Nov. 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

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