{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"as the world turns","provider_url":"https:\/\/astheworldturns.org\/wdp","title":"Foreign snipers sent to kill civilians near Kherson","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"QT5gCvadpQ\"><a href=\"https:\/\/astheworldturns.org\/wdp\/foreign-snipers-sent-to-kill-civilians-near-kherson\/\">Foreign snipers sent to kill civilians near Kherson<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/astheworldturns.org\/wdp\/foreign-snipers-sent-to-kill-civilians-near-kherson\/embed\/#?secret=QT5gCvadpQ\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;Foreign snipers sent to kill civilians near Kherson&#8221; &#8212; as the world turns\" data-secret=\"QT5gCvadpQ\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script>\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/\/# sourceURL=https:\/\/astheworldturns.org\/wdp\/wp-includes\/js\/wp-embed.min.js\n<\/script>\n","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/astheworldturns.org\/wdp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/1846429395_0_320_3072_2048_1920x0_80_0_0_45e28abfa4040e06117ff126a9298cce.jpg.webp","thumbnail_width":1920,"thumbnail_height":1080,"description":"Translated from: https:\/\/ria.ru\/20230121\/kherson-1846410807.htmlSnipers from the USA and Britain were sent to the island of Big Potemkin, near Kherson to kill residents.\u00a9 Photo: U.S. Marine Corps \/ Lance Cpl. Manuel alvarado\u00a0GENICHESK ( Kherson region ), Jan 21 \u2014 RIA Novosti.\u00a0American and British mercenaries who were ordered to shoot civilians were abandoned on the island of Bolshoi Potemkin on the Dnieper in the Kherson region, an employee of law enforcement agencies told RIA Novosti.\u00a0\"According to information received from sources in\u00a0VSU, an American-British group of mercenaries, mainly snipers, drove to the island of Bolshoi Potemkin in the Kherson region in order to terrorize the Russian-speaking population &amp; any resulting deaths would then be blamed on the Russian army\".\u00a0In early January, a video appeared in the Ukrainian segment of the Internet, in which Ukrainian militants raised the flag of Ukraine, claiming to have forced out the Russian troops &amp; seized control of the island. Subsequently, it was reported that the video was shot in the \"gray zone\".On January 5th, a RIA Novosti correspondent visited the island, and confirmed that Bolshoi Potemkin is completely under Russian control. One of the military personnel in an interview with the agency also called that Ukrainian video a fake.\u00a0The situation in Kherson region remains tense. Since mid-October, authorities evacuated the right-bank regions &amp; moved all 115 thousand people to the left bank of the Dnieper, due to the constant Ukrainian shelling and the risk of flooding in the event the dam at the Kakhovskaya hydroelectric station was hit. In early November, the Russian command decided to bolster defenses on the left bank of the Dnieper by sending more than 30 thousand military personnel there. Currently, Russia controls 75 percent of the Kherson region, as well as the western part of the Kinburn braids with several settlements that were part of the Nikolaev region under Ukraine. The coast and the city of Kherson are held by Ukrainian forces.\u00a0"}