For eight months, residents of the Ukrainian city of Kherson lived under brutal Russian occupation. But on Friday, Ukrainian forces swept into the city.
As Ukraine retakes Kherson from Russian, residents of the Ukrainian city have been celebrating the liberation despite lacking water and power.For eight months, residents of the Ukrainian city of Kherson have been living under brutal Russian occupation. But on Friday, Ukrainian forces swept into the city and Russian troops retreated to the east,The residents have no water, no internet connection and little power. But as a CNN crew entered the city on Saturday, the mood was euphoric.
Back when Russian troops rolled in at the beginning of the war, this was a city that tried to resist: people were taken away, tortured, disappeared, residents said.Russian army, we were terrified by soldiers that can come any moment in our house, in our home -- just open the door, like they are living here, and steal, kidnap, torture," Olga said.
Katerina described the liberation as the "best day" of her life after eight months under Russian occupation. "Our town is free, my street is free," she told CNN.Top Ukrainian general on war against Russia, Putin's nuclear threat: 'We are and should be worried' On Friday, Russia announced it had withdrawn from the west bank of the Dnipro River in the strategic southern region of Kherson, leaving the regional capital of the same name and surrounding areas to the Ukrainians.
Speaking Saturday on the next steps for the Ukrainian military, CNN military analyst Cedric Leighton said: "This is going to be a major urban operation. What you are going to see is a methodical operation to clear buildings of potential booby traps and mines. On Friday evening, Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky posted a nighttime video of celebrations in the city, where a crowd was waving flags and chanting "ZSU," the Ukrainian acronym for the armed forces.
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