On March 2, five armed Russian troops seized the building of JSC “NSTU” branch “Kherson RD ‘Skifia.'” This was reported by the local newspaper “Vhoru.”
They immediately turned off the CCTV cameras and inspected the bomb shelter. There were 15 civilians there. Fake rumors that people had been taken prisoner began to spread on social networks.
However, the branch manager Mykhailo Svarychevskyy said that the occupants had released people on the same day. No force or weapons were used against them.
As of March 3, there are no civilians on the territory of the branch. According to eyewitnesses, 15 armed men of Asian appearance were spotted there. They installed tripwires around the building. This was reported to the authorities which have to establish if those were trip flares or mines.