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KYIV, Ukraine – There was the feel of a “victory” celebration in Kyiv. A small but boisterous crowd, singing songs, waving flags and chanting slogans. All follows the entry of Ukrainian troops into the key southern city of Kherson after over eight months of Russian occupation.
Thrilled residents in Kherson itself wasted no time to come out, wave flags and hug their saviors … Ukrainian soldiers.
Rally marking entry of Ukrainian soldiers into Kherson.
(Fox News)
In a TV address, Ukrainian President Zelenskyy called the moment “historic.”
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Earlier, Russian troops had been spotted skulking over a makeshift pontoon bridge to reach the still-Russian-occupied opposite riverbank.
“No loss of military personnel has been allowed to happen,” a Russian military spokesmen noted.
Still, it’s believed that some soldiers might have been left behind and are changing into “civvies” to try to blend into the crowd.
Ukraine will make short work of them, we were told on a Zoom call with the mayor of the neighboring city of Mykolaiv.
Rally marking entry of Ukrainian soldiers into Kherson.
(Fox News)
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“We are ready to move forward and clean our land from all occupiers, “Oleksander Senkevych said.
The events in Kherson are not good news for Russian President Putin and his invasion of Ukraine. He has been decidedly low-profile during the past week.
As we witnessed, though, it was fantastic news for a country looking for some kind of a break after being battered by months of fighting.
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And feeling especially hard hit as winter approaches as Russian strikes pound the electric power grid here.
We asked one young person at the impromptu rally in Kyiv how she felt. “Amazing,” she replied. “Kherson?” I asked. “Ukraine!” she responded.
I asked…
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