Key Ukrainian city’s rapid fall leaves unanswered questions


              Flowers and tributes are displayed on Sunday, Nov. 20, 2022, in a park in Kherson, Ukraine, to honor at least 20 civilian volunteers of Ukraine’s Territorial Defense Forces who were killed by Russian troops in March. Russian forces took over the city in March, one shortly after the invasion began. The city in southern Ukraine was held for eight months by Russian forces before they retreated in November. Relatives of the dead are seeking answers from the military and government in Kyiv about the battle that their loved ones had little chance of winning. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)
            
              A Ukrainian man displays a picture dated March 1, showing the body of 50-year-old construction worker Kostiantyn Maltev in Kherson, Ukraine, on Sunday, Nov. 20, 2022. About two dozen civilian volunteers of the Ukrainian Territorial Defense Forces were killed by Russian troops in the southern city before they the town and held it for eight months before retreating in November. Since the attack, relatives have been asking questions about happened to their loved ones, wanting to know details of their deaths.(AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)
            
              Svetlana Shornik stands next to the grave of her 53-year-old ex-husband, Oleh Shornik, on the outskirts Kherson, Ukraine, on Sunday, Nov. 20, 2022. Oleh Shornik was among 20 civilian volunteers of Ukraine’s Territorial Defense Forces killed by Russian troops in March in the southern city before it fell to Moscow. Russia held it for eight months before retreating in November. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)
Key Ukrainian city’s rapid fall leaves unanswered questions