Ukrainian troops entered the southern city of Kherson after Russian forces abandoned the regional capital and fled across a major waterway, a significant setback for Moscow as the two sides dig in for winter.
Ukrainian military intelligence confirmed that the country’s troops were entering Kherson, which had been occupied by Russian troops since the first weeks of the war. A local official earlier said fully securing the city, whose pre-war population was more than 300,000, could take a week.
Photos and videos posted on social media showed people gathering on Kherson’s main Freedom Square waving blue-and-yellow Ukrainian flags, cheering on a handful of servicemen in Ukrainian military fatigues.
