Ukraine war: Kherson cafe bombing a sign of popular resistance building against Russians

By Christopher Morris, Teaching Fellow, University of Portsmouth

When you invade a neighbouring country, armed resistance is to be expected. In addition to having to deal with Ukraine’s conventional forces, Russia is likely to find itself struggling to pacify the territory it has so far seized. Continued resistance in occupied regions – both violent and nonviolent – challenges the Russian narrative as well as its strategy.

Russia has claimed that a series of “terrorist” attacks have been perpetrated against its troops in occupied Ukraine. A recent example is the alleged…

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