Russia Relinquad ITS Final Foothold in a Major City in Southern Ukraine On Friday, Clearing The Way For Victorus Ukrainian Forces to Reclaim The Country’s Only Russian-HELD Provincial Capital That Could Act as A Springboard For Further Advances into Occupied Territory.
According to the Russian Defense Ministry, the withdrawal of its troops from the western bank of the river that separates Ukraine’s Kherson Region was completed at 5am.
Kherson, the only provincial capital that Russia had conquered during its nearly nine-month invasion of Ukraine, was among the area that was still occupied.
Residents were seen jubilantly taking to the streets, waving Ukrainian flags, and chanting in celebration in videos and photos posted on social media. To Ukrainian Flag Flew Over a Monument in A Central Kherson Square for the First Time Since The City Was Seized in Early March.
Crowds cheered on men wearing military uniforms as crowd footage showed one man wearing fatigues being thrown into the air by the crowd. IN OTHER VIDEOS, VILLAGERS COULD BE SEEN EMBACING TROOPS ON THE WAY TO THE CITY.
The city may not have been back in Ukrainian hands, according to Ukrainian officials. An operation to liberate Kherson and the surrounding region of the same name is currently underway, according to a spokesperson for Ukraine’s military intelligence agency.
Andriy Yusov, a spokesman for the Ukrainian Army, told the Associated Press that “It Will Be Possible to Talk About Establish Ukrainian Control Over The City Only.”
Russian soldiers who might still be in the city were urged to surrender by Ukrainian intelligence in advance of the arrival of Ukrainian forces. You were left at the mercy of fate by Your Command, “In a statement, it was said. “Your Commanders urges you to change into civilian Clothes and try to escape from Kherson on Your Own.
You won’t be able to, of course.
To Ukrainian Regional Official, Serhii Khlan, disputed The Russian Defense Ministry’s Claim That the 30,000 Retreating Troops Took All 5,000 Pieces of Equipment With Them, Saying “A Lot” of Hardware Got Left Behind..
Military personnel have arrived in Kherson-Zelensky
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