Russian Ruble Being Refused in Kherson Amid Anticipated Ukraine VictoryThe Russian ruble appears to be faltering in Ukraine's southern Kherson region, months after Kremlin-installed officials attempted to swap out Ukraine's currency, the hryvnia.Amid an anticipated Ukrainian victory in the Kherson region as Kyiv conducts a counteroffensive to take back its territory, multiple videos are emerging on local Telegram channels that show employees at gas stations and pharmacies refusing to accept rubles and demanding customers pay only in hryvnia.Kherson was the first major city seized by Russian President Vladimir Putin's forces after the war began in February.Last month, Putin also proclaimed to have annexed Kherson, as well as Donetsk, Luhansk and Zaporizhzhia, following sham referendums in the partly occupied regions that have been decried by international communities as illegal."We have hryvnia," she responds, before making a phone call, and passing the phone to the customer, who inquires about the move to refuse ruble payments."