Videos show Oleg Zubkov taking animals from Kherson Zoo to his Crimean safari park. It's one of many instances of fleeing Russians looting Ukrainian cities.
The removal of the animals was widely reported in Russian media, portrayed as a small bright spot in an otherwise gloomy picture. It came to light when nationalist Russian poet and blogger Anna Dolgareva boasted on Telegram that the “only good news” about Moscow’s surrender of Kherson was that her friend managed to “steal a raccoon” from Kherson Zoo.She said a raccoon Telegram channel, Raccoon from Kherson, had been set up.
Police also reported that Russian forces had stolen four official cars of a medical center, hospital computer equipment, medicines, civilians’ cars, boats and hunting weapons.Ukrainian officials have accused Russia of looting or damaging hundreds of Ukrainian cultural institutions during the war. Russian forces also mined buildings and blew up a television tower, communications towers and bridges in central Kherson, according to Ukrainian officials. Local media reported witnesses z said they saw Russians removing building materials, furniture and household appliances from Kherson.
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