During the counter-offensive in Kherson Region, the Armed Forces pushed the occupiers to the left bank of the Dnipro River. On 10 November, the town of Snihurivka, which is an important railway junction, was liberated. On 11 November, Ukrainian troops entered Kherson. Thus, the territories occupied since the beginning of March returned under the control of Ukraine.
On 14 November, the civil-military administration reported that entry to de-occupied Snihurivka is restricted for 10 days. People who want to return home are restrained by the police because it is dangerous to be in the town, the infrastructure and even private yards are mined. Ukrainian servicemen took pictures of the abandoned positions of the occupiers on the left bank of the Inhulets river near Snihurivka and sent them to our editorial office.
At this natural frontier, the Russians were going to stop the advance of the Ukrainian army. While retreating in an "organised" manner, the occupiers left ammunition and usable anti-tank weapons.
Here the occupiers stationed a Grad MLRS battery. The Russian troops used indiscriminate shelling, firing both the frontline and fields, plantations and villages. Many settlements on the contact line were heavily damaged.
There are fresh trenches near the artillery positions. They managed to build a continuous defence line and perpendicular trenches with pits for dugouts. It seems that the occupiers were going to spend the winter in this area. However, they fled without even taking the flags. The photo probably shows the flag of one of the units of the 34th Brigade.
The living conditions of the occupiers differ from those in the Ukrainian army. The "bathhouse" built of shell boxes and foam surprised even experienced soldiers.
