Women of Kherson reveal how they took advantage of invaders\u0027 chauvinism to win back the city\u0027s freedom.
In this file photo taken on November 13, 2022 a man hugs a Ukrainian soldier as local residents gather to celebrate the liberation of Kherson, amid Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.The euphoria that greeted the city’s liberation has proved short-lived. Having retreated to the far side of the river Dnipro, Russian troops now simply shell Kherson from afar. Random mortar fire peppers the streets 24 hours a day, claiming 90 civilian lives in the past three months.
That made the shock of Kherson’s fall all the greater — especially when Russian soldiers first entered her premises one day and ordered coffee. “The whole bar went silent,” she remembers. “They were trying to be friendly, though: they asked if they could pay in roubles, and when I said no, they didn’t get angry.”
That Anastasia never had to resort to codeword “Negroni” may have been because of the old-school attitudes of the Russian army, a blend of chivalry and chauvinism. They tended to view only men as a threat, and seldom stopped and questioned women in the street. Even if they had done, they would have probably ignored Irina Kabycheva, a 42-year-old housewife who was another member of the spy network.
As the months passed, the spying campaign yielded results. Several officials in Kherson’s Kremlin-installed administration were assassinated. The tip-offs helped the Ukrainian military pinpoint targets for its Himars missiles, destroying the supply bases the Russians depended on.
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