{"id":1562814,"date":"2022-07-20T11:27:25","date_gmt":"2022-07-20T15:27:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1562814"},"modified":"2022-07-20T11:34:22","modified_gmt":"2022-07-20T15:34:22","slug":"fact-check-did-ukraine-defeat-the-russians-in-kherson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fact-check-did-ukraine-defeat-the-russians-in-kherson\/","title":{"rendered":"FACT CHECK: Did Ukraine Defeat The Russians In Kherson?"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ffact-check-did-ukraine-defeat-the-russians-in-kherson%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1562814&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/2022-03-15T183935Z_2012866440_RC2Z2T9C4GNT_RTRMADP_3_UKRAINE-CRISIS-DONETSK-REGION-scaled-e1658246267920.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p>A video\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ukrainenine\/videos\/vb.100079614670840\/576745360476247\/?type=2&#038;theater\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ukrainenine\/videos\/vb.100079614670840\/576745360476247\/?type%3D2%26theater&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1658243008332000&#038;usg=AOvVaw1Dq557KO8dp9rP26G8H6La\">shared on Facebook<\/a> claims the Ukrainian army defeated the Russian military in Kherson, Ukraine and liberated the city.<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Verdict: False<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>While the Ukrainians have taken back parts of the Kherson region, the city itself remains under Russian occupation.<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Fact Check:\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Kherson was captured by Russian forces March 2, approximately one week after the invasion of Ukraine began, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/europe\/russia-says-it-captures-ukrainian-city-kherson-ria-2022-03-02\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Reuters<\/a>. As of June 1, approximately 20 percent of Ukraine was under Russian control, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2022\/6\/1\/biden-to-meet-nato-chief-as-russia-advances-in-ukraine-liveblog\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Al-Jazeera<\/a> reported.<\/p>\n<p>The Facebook video, viewed over 49,000 times, claims Ukrainian forces recently defeated Russian forces in the city. \u201cHuge Victory \u2013 Russian 3rd army DEFEATED by Ukrainian armed forces in Kherson,\u201d the post\u2019s caption claims. \u201cKherson liberated from Russian invade,\u201d reads text included in the video\u2019s preview. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/checkyourfact.com\/2022\/07\/15\/fact-check-ukraine-tanks-kharkiv\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: Did Ukraine Destroy \u2018Hundreds\u2019 Of Tanks In Kharkiv?)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>These claims are inaccurate. While some areas in the Kherson region have been liberated, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/europe\/ukraine-says-it-recaptured-village-occupied-kherson-region-2022-07-11\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Reuters<\/a>, the city of Kherson remains in Russian hands, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/europe\/bridge-kherson-region-badly-damaged-by-ukraine-shelling-tass-2022-07-20\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">outlet<\/a> reported. Check Your Fact found no\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=ukrainians+retake+kherson&#038;source=lnms&#038;tbm=nws&#038;sa=X&#038;ved=2ahUKEwjdlMygloX5AhWlg4kEHZlrADAQ_AUoAXoECAEQAw&#038;biw=1440&#038;bih=821&#038;dpr=2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">credible news reports<\/a> suggesting Ukrainian forces have liberated the city itself or the entire Oblast.<\/p>\n<p>The acting head of Kherson\u2019s Oblast Military administration, Dmytro Butrii, told the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pravda.com.ua\/eng\/news\/2022\/07\/14\/7358172\/#:~:text=Ukrainian%20forces%20liberate%2044%20towns%20and%20villages%20in%20Kherson%20Oblast,-%E2%80%94%20Thursday%2C%2014%20July&#038;text=Dmytro%20Butrii%2C%20acting%20head%20of,and%20villages%20in%20Kherson%20Oblast.&#038;text=Quote%20from%20Butrii%3A%20%22Some%20of,and%20villages%20have%20been%20liberated.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ukrainian Pravda<\/a> that 44 settlements and villages in the Kherson Oblast have been liberated, but the situation remained \u201cExtremely difficult.\u201d A detailed map of the territorial situation on the ground in Kherson Oblast can be found on the Institute for the Study of War\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.understandingwar.org\/backgrounder\/russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-july-17\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The Russians have not been defeated in the region but continue to battle with the Ukrainians, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2022\/07\/20\/world\/europe\/ukraine-russia-war-kherson.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The New York Times<\/a>. Ukraine is reportedly preparing for a summer counteroffensive in the southern portion of the country to reclaim lost land, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/world\/ukraine-russia-offensive-reclaim-territory-1.6520622\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">CBC News<\/a> reported.<\/p>\n<p>This is not the first time misinformation regarding the Ukraine conflict has spread on social media. Check Your Fact recently <a href=\"https:\/\/checkyourfact.com\/2022\/07\/15\/fact-check-ukraine-tanks-kharkiv\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">debunked<\/a> a claim suggesting Ukrainian forces destroyed \u201chundreds of T-80BV\u201d tanks in Kharkiv, Ukraine.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The city remains under Russian occupation<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":68,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1562814","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1562814","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/68"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1562814"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1562814\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1562814"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1562814"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1562814"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}