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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Lorenzo Tondo in Kyiv and Luke Harding in the Kherson region

Ukraine carries out ‘stabilisation’ of Kherson after night of jubilation

Women waving flags; soldier signing a Ukrainian flag.
Residents greeted Ukrainian soldiers arriving in central Kherson after eight months of Russian occupation. Photograph: Reuters

Ukraine carried out “stabilisation measures” near Kherson on Saturday after the city was retaken by Ukrainian forces, as people across the country awoke after a night of jubilation.

Hundreds of citizens flooded the city streets on Saturday morning after an eight-month occupation, embracing Ukrainian soldiers and foreign journalists after what has been described as a “historic day” for Kyiv – and perhaps the most important strategic breakthrough since the beginning of the Russian invasion.

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