War in Ukraine. The horrors of war by Kherson

A view of the damaged Antonovsky bridge over the Dnieper river in Kherson, Ukraine, Sunday, Nov. 13, 2022. Residents of Kherson celebrated the end of Russia’s eight-month occupation for the third straight day Sunday, even as they took stock of the extensive damage left behind in the southern Ukrainian city by the Kremlin’s retreating forces.

Local residents look at two alleged collaborators tied by the hands to pillars in Kherson, Ukraine, Sunday, Nov. 13, 2022.

A Ukrainian soldier and local residents look at two alleged collaborators tied by the hands to pillars in Kherson, Ukraine, Sunday, Nov. 13, 2022.

This is the remains of Kherson International Airport, photographed on November 13. The airport was captured by Russian troops less than a week after the invasion began on February 24 and served as a base for the invading forces. When the Russian advance stalled, the airport remained within easy reach of Ukrainian artillery and rockets.

A section of the airport in Kherson. Serhii Nuzhnenko, a photographer with RFE/RL’s Ukrainian Service who shot the photos in this gallery, entered the Kherson region on November 13.

A destroyed Podlet radar system, one of Russia’s most modern radars, next to the crater of a large explosion at the airport in Kherson on November 13. Kherson's airport was described as a “shooting gallery” for much of the Russian occupation, with massive losses in helicopters and armor stationed on its tarmacs. Kyiv claimed to have killed two Russian generals there.

A destroyed tank in the territory of the airport.