A little over two days after Russian forces melted away from the first major city they took eight months ago, Ukraine’s army swept through Kherson, where they were greeted by crowds of jubilant civilians.
People hold a Ukranian flag and a slogan which reads"11/11/2022 - Kherson - Ukraine" in Maidan Square to celebrate the liberation of Kherson, in Kyiv on November 11, 2022, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky speaks during a joint news conference with Greece's President following their meeting at the Mariinskiy palace in Kyiv on November 3, 2022, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. claimed that panic was spreading among Russian forces on the west bank of the Dnipro and that Ukrainian artillery had opened up on Russian troops waiting to cross.Under the cover of darkness on Thursday night, the Russian military blew up all the remaining bridges across the river in an apparent effort to stop Ukrainian liberators from chasing after them.
The Ukrainian military continued to make slow but steady progress towards the regional capital, the only such city captured by Russia since the start of their full scale invasion of Ukraine on Feb. 24. In Bilozerska, a few kilometers west of Kherson city, civilians were seen tearing down pro-Russian propaganda and displaying the blue and yellow flag.
With Russian troops having pulled back, Ukrainian forces are now in control of the majority of the city of Kherson. Strategic locations such as the main police station were quickly secured. Ukrainian troops were seen reaching the center of the city, home to the Regional State Administration building, where a large crowd had gathered.
Russian state media TASS claimed that “more than 30,000 Russian servicemen and about 5,000 weapons and pieces of military equipment” were evacuated to the Russian-controlled east bank of the Dnipro, and that no casualties were incurred in the withdrawal.
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