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AP PHOTOS: Propaganda billboards embodied Russian occupation

Cars line up to refuel under a newly placed Ukrainian billboard in Kherson, southern Ukraine, Friday, Nov. 25, 2022. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)

A Ukrainian man gestures at a Russian billboard in Kherson, southern Ukraine, Wednesday, Nov. 23, 2022. The original text on the poster reads in Russian: "Russia, here forever" and hand-written "3CY", the acronym for the Armed Forces of Ukraine. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)

Newly placed Ukrainian billboard in Kherson, southern Ukraine, Nov. 27, 2022. From left, the billboard reads in Ukrainian: "Dear, you are Free" and "Kherson, Hero City". (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)

Partially torn-off Russian billboards in Kherson, southern Ukraine, Tuesday, Nov. 22, 2022. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)

A Ukrainian firefighter tears off a Russian billboard in Kherson, southern Ukraine, Thursday, Nov. 17, 2022. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)

FILE - A man begs for alms under a billboard with visible remains of Russian posters in downtown Kherson, southern Ukraine, Nov. 21, 2022. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue, File)

A partially torn-off Russian billboard in Kherson, southern Ukraine, Tuesday, Nov. 22, 2022. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)

A partially torn-off Russian billboard in Kherson, southern Ukraine, Wednesday, Nov. 23, 2022. The text reads in Russian: "People of Kherson is proud of Russia". (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)

The remains of a Russian billboard are scattered on the grass at an intersection in Kherson, southern Ukraine, Sunday, Nov. 27, 2022. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)

City workers set up a billboard in Kherson, southern Ukraine, Thursday, Nov. 24, 2022. The billboard reads in Ukrainian "Kherson Hero City". (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)

AP PHOTOS: Propaganda billboards embodied Russian occupation