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Russian bombs batter Kherson suburb in shadow of destroyed bridge
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The Washington Post November 23, 2022
Samantha Schmidt, Serhii Korolchuk
The Washington Post November 23, 2022
Serhii Kindra, 42, and his son Tymofii, 10, wait outside a hospital where his other son, Matvii, 13, lies in critical condition. The family was struck by cluster munitions by the Antonovsky Bridge near Antonivka, Ukraine, a suburb of Kherson. The area is being targeted by Russian forces after an earlier retreat. (Wojciech Grzedzinski/The Washington Post)
People waiting for the humanitarian aid in Antonivka on Tuesday. (Wojciech Grzedzinski/The Washington Post)
The Antonovsky Bridge collapsed after Russian forces fled the city. Ukrainians marked this retreat as a win, but the Russian soldiers regrouped across the Dnieper River and have been bombing ever since. (Wojciech Grzedzinski/The Washington Post)
The river, he said, is a massive natural border. He’s not sure when — or how — Ukrainian forces will manage to push the Russians back farther.