Ukraine war: Kherson hunts for traitors, vowing ‘every one of them will be punished’
- The liberation of Kherson marked a major victory for Ukraine and an embarrassing failure for the Kremlin
- More than 130 people have been arrested in the region for collaborating with the Russian occupiers, Deputy Interior Minister Yevhen Yenin said
“Hands in the air! Documents out!” shouted Ukrainian policemen as they levelled their guns at two suspected collaborators moments after they docked their boat near the city of Kherson.
The euphoria of Kherson’s liberation in November has proven to be short-lived.
Just weeks after Russians retreated from the southern Ukrainian city, authorities are working to hunt down collaborators who aided Moscow during the occupation of Kherson.
The two men held at gunpoint came from an island on the Dnipro River in the proverbial grey zone separating the Ukrainian-controlled western bank from the Russian-occupied east.
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“Evacuations are only authorised at the port. It’s illegal here,” one of the police officers said.