A man stands in front of a destroyed barn in Bilozerka, Ukraine.
A grain farmer stands in front of his destroyed barn in Bilozerka, Ukraine.
  • Bilozerka, a village in the Kherson region, was seized at the beginning of Russia's invasion. 
  • A decentralized resistance movement formed among villagers, per The New York Times Magazine.
  • Some locals gave away Russian positions in the area to aid with artillery strikes.

Some Ukrainians in the small settlement of Bilozerka, a village in the Kherson region, secretly worked as informants to aid the Ukrainian military during the Russian occupation last year.