Kherson, photographed by foreign photographers

Kherson region has been under the control of the Russian army since the first days of the Russian military operation in Ukraine. In the “Sputnik” album, you see photos of foreign press photographers, which they took during a trip organized by the Russian Ministry of Defense in the region.

A woman with her child walks past a Russian soldier at a bridge on the Black Sea in Kherson, Kherson region, southern Ukraine, May 20, 2022 The Kherson region has been under the control of Russian forces since the early days of Russia’s special military operation to protect Donbass. Russian military action in Ukraine

This photo taken on May 20, 2022 shows a public bus with one of the symbols of the Russian Special Military Operation to Protect Donbass – the letter “Z”; It runs through the Kherson region, in Ukraine.

Foreign journalists at the “Kakhovskaya” hydroelectric power station, located 5 km from the city of Novaya Kakhovka, Kherson region, Ukraine May 20, 2022

Older local residents talk to a group of Russian soldiers in Kherson, Kherson region, southern Ukraine, May 20, 2022.

This May 20, 2022 photo shows a baker making bread at a bakery in Skadovsk, Ukraine, Kherson Region, amid the ongoing Russian special military operation in Ukraine.

This photo taken on May 20, 2022 shows local residents on a Kherson street, amid the ongoing Russian special military operation in Ukraine.

Russian soldiers stand guard near the Kakhovka Hydroelectric Power Station, in the Kherson region, amid the ongoing Russian military operation in Ukraine, on May 20, 2022

Locals march in the Square of Glory to Heroes – residents of the Kherson region, who participated in the liberation of the region from Nazi invaders during the Great Patriotic War (1941-1945), in Kherson, Kherson region, southern Ukraine, May 20, 2022.

A cyclist in front of Russian soldiers patrolling the street in Skadovsk city, Kherson region, amid the ongoing Russian military operation in Ukraine, on May 20, 2022

Russian troops play with a dolphin at the Dolphinarium Basin in Skadovsk, Kherson region, southern Ukraine, May 20, 2022.

A Russian soldier patrols while a boy plays soccer on the bank of a river in Kherson, amid the ongoing Russian military operation in Ukraine, May 20, 2022