KHERSON, Ukraine – In more than two years of fighting, the southern Ukrainian city of Kherson has been captured and liberated. Now, Kherson is a city under siege as the Russians are trying to seize it once again, and its people are under constant bombardment. In the midst of it all, Ukrainian Christians are risking their lives to serve those trapped by war.
Pastor Andrii Skantsev of the Church of Jesus Christ in Kherson told us, “They are shelling 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.”
Many buildings here are destroyed.
“Sadly, I’ve gotten accustomed to the explosions and destruction,” Kherson resident Myra Butorova said.
CBN News traveled to this frontline in the south and found a virtual ghost town. Streets are practically empty. Homes have been left vacant. Most everything is boarded up. That’s because 85 percent of Kherson residents fled more than two years ago.
For Andrii Breniov, a dentist who decided to stay back, it’s been a constant struggle.
“I have constant tension – when you go to work, when you go home from work, when you are at home. It’s never-ending and made worse when the explosions are nearby,” he said.
Yet, it’s this extremely dangerous
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