Three years after liberation, Ukraine's Kherson faces another kind of siege

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Three years after liberation, Kherson remains besieged by Russian drones and artillery that have transformed the southern Ukrainian city into an eerily empty, fortified zone.

Residents have developed resilience through extraordinary measures: learning drone signatures, moving underground, and relying on systems that intercept over 90 percent of Russian attacks.

Once home to nearly 280,000 people, Kherson is now largely empty, yet residents who remain say life there — however difficult — is preferable to Russian occupation.

KHERSON, Ukraine — Most of the streets of Kherson are empty now. Three years after the liberation ended a nine-month Russian occupation, the city that once er