Ukrainian President Foludmir Zellinski, the Ukrainian national anthem, echoed today, Monday, while his country’s flag was raised in the southern city of Jiuuson, from which Russia withdrew recently.
Pictures published by the director of the presidential office André Yermak showed the Ukrainian president, while repeating the national anthem and putting his hand over his chest, while the blue and yellow Ukraine flag was raised near the main administration building in the center of Jeresson.
For his part, the Kremlin today stressed that Jacon is still part of Russia.
“We leave the matter without comment,” said Dmitry Peskov, a spokesman for Zelinski’s visit to the region that Russia had announced its annexation to its territory recently.
Zelinski’s visit to Kharson came after the withdrawal of the Russian forces from the city a few days ago, eight months after its control, leaving the road open to Ukrainian soldiers to enter the city on Friday.
Zelinski announced on Sunday evening that the Russian forces were committed in the part they took control of the “same atrocities” that they committed in other Ukrainian regions.
Keynison was the first major city to fall into the Russians after the start of the Russian military operation in Ukraine last February.
The entire city’s restoration opens a gateway to Ukraine to the entire Jeresson region, with the possibility of access to both the Black Sea in the West and the Azov Sea in the east.
This region was one of the four areas that the Kremlin announced last September. The Russian president pledged to use all available means to defend these areas in the face of Ukrainian forces..
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