Ukraine retakes Kherson

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Monday visited the liberated city of Kherson and promised the fresh victory would serve as the “beginning of the end” of the war against Russia.

Zelensky walked the streets in the southern Ukrainian city and took photos with soldiers and praised them for fighting against Russia.

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The retaking of Kherson is another decisive victory for Ukraine, this time in a city Russia captured in the beginning of the war and has held since March. Kherson was also one of four territories illegally annexed by Russian President Vladimir Putin and was the sole regional capital for Russian forces.

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Troops had to remove some 2,000 explosive devices during a sweep.

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Ukraine has now driven Russian troops mostly into the eastern Donetsk and Luhansk regions, where fighting is likely to take center stage. There are still Russian troops and fortifications in the Kherson region at large.

  The Hill