'Merciless hell': What village in Kherson region, destroyed by RF, looks like now
What Krynky looks like now (collage: RBC-Ukraine)
The military photographers Vlada and Kostiantyn Liberov showed what the village of Krynky in the Oleshky district of the Kherson region looks like now, which is regularly shelled by Russian forces.
What the village of Krynky looks now
"Krynky. A village in southern Ukraine, on the left bank of Kherson. A village that exists no more. A cruel and merciless hell. The weak cannot survive there. Endless shelling, artillery, and small arms fire. The fire never ceases for a moment. The enemy storms the village in small groups every day, literally stepping over the bodies of their brethren," photographers write.
They also note that among the ruins captured on video is the estate of Ukrainian writer Ostap Vyshnya. It was restored and turned into a museum just before the full-scale invasion.
The footage shows that there is nothing left of the village. The ground is riddled with craters from shell impacts, only charred tree trunks remain from the gardens and forests, and the houses are reduced to ruins.
The village of Krynky (screenshot from the video)
The village of Krynky (screenshot from the video)
The village of Krynky (screenshot from the video)
The village of Krynky (screenshot from the video)
What is known about the village of Krynky
Before the full-scale invasion of Russia into Ukraine, the population of the village was 991 people. The name of the village comes from the large number of wells in this area.
On the first day of the great war, February 24, 2022, Krynky was occupied by Russian forces. And in June 2023, when the invaders blew up the dam of the Kakhovka Hydroelectric Power Station, the village was flooded. In the autumn of the same year, a Russian ammunition depot exploded near the village.
In February of this year, the Ukrainian Armed Forces raised our flag over Krynky, however, fighting there continues.
Ostap Vyshnya's estate before the invasion (photo: grivna.ua)
Krynky during the flooding (photo: NAVKA/KP.UA)
