One policeman, whom I did not see, unfortunately, died. [He was out helping people. I can't imagine what goes on in the head of these officers. They risk their lives daily, knowing that some of them will die, but they keep helping people during the attacks. …9/
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Loud explosion forces people to hide in basement
We ran for cover when the first hit happened. I have never heard such a loud explosion before: the basement ceiling was falling down, the walls were moving. The passengers also managed to hide in the basement. 6/
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Russians opened fire on passengers boarding train at Kherson station
Forty-five minutes before the return train to Kyiv was to depart, the same four cars returned to the Kherson platform from Mykolaiv, where they had been waiting all day, and passengers began to arrive at the station. And that's when the Russians started shooting. 5/
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Station staff describe everyday life under occupation in basement
Several times we went down to the basement, where the station staff told us about their everyday life under occupation. 4/
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Repeated alarms and explosions in Kherson
The alarms in Kherson are sounding one after another. We counted five or six during the day. Each time, after the signal, or even before it, we heard closer explosions. 3/
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Arrival in Kherson before train attack, meeting station manager Alla Lopata
I arrived in Kherson in the morning, on the same train, four cars of which were destroyed by the Russians in the evening. I spent the day in the company of the station manager, a brave woman named Alla Lopata, whom I will write about in my book. 2/
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Ukrainian student describes Russian missile attack on Kherson station
Marichka Paplauskaite is a graduate student at the Kyiv School of Economics studying memory studies. Yesterday, she was at the train station in Kherson when the Russians shelled it with ballistic missiles. This is her story: It was very scary. 1/
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Russians strike station as passengers board; shelter taken
Passengers began arriving at the station to board. And that’s precisely when the Russians struck.Marianna and the others fled to shelter when the first hit landed. 5/
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Air raid sirens and explosions in Kherson cause constant terror
Air raid sirens kept sounding in Kherson, one after another. She and Mrs. Lopata counted five or six throughout the day. Each time, explosions could be heard getting closer. Sometimes explosions happened before the alarms, which is most terrifying. 3/
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She arrived on train later destroyed by Russians; met station head
She had arrived in Kherson that morning on the same train whose four cars the Russians would destroy that evening. She spent the day with the brave head of the train station, Mrs. Alla Lopata, who she plans to write about in her book. 2/