A college student in occupied Ukraine says buying food means it's a lucky day

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A college student in the southern Ukraine city of Kherson has described his new life after Russian forces overran his home and cut internet, reporting that even finding food feels like a victory at the moment.

Kherson was the first major city to fall after the invasion began, and on Tuesday the Russian Defense Ministry said its troops had taken full control of the entire region.

For Vitality, 22, it has been a terrifying and gradual decline for his city. On March 3, the day news filtered out that the city had fallen, he sent a voice memo to NPR describing how he was feeling.

"Uh, not good," he surmised. "I mean, we are told that the Russians are setting landmines in Kherson. This is just insane. What the hell are they doing?"

Vitaliy couldn't verify the information about landmines because he saw it on TV. But this is his life now, tracking rumors and trying to sort out the truth.