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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Lorenzo Tondo in Kyiv and agencies

Hundreds of Ukrainians flee Kherson as Russian shelling intensifies

Elderly residents are evacuated from Kherson on Sunday.
Elderly residents are evacuated from Kherson on Sunday. Photograph: Bernat Armangué/AP

Hundreds of Ukrainians streamed out of Kherson city on Sunday to flee Russian shelling, two weeks after its recapture from Russian occupying forces prompted jubilant celebrations.

The liberation of Kherson marked a major battlefield gain for Kyiv – reconquered after the Russians retreated to the east bank of the Dnipro River. However, since then inhabitants have struggled with no water, heating and electricity, because Moscow’s troops destroyed thermal and power plants before they left.

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