In Kherson’s main square, people gathered to greet the president, Volodymyr Zelenskiy. In Ukraine’s counteroffensive, the president has made a habit of surprise appearances in newly liberated territories.
After Zelenskiy had made his speech, he walked out into the grassed area at which point the crowd burst through the police cordon and surrounded him, shouting “Ze-len-skiy! Ze-len-skiy!”. He had “officialised” the liberation – reconnecting the city to the rest of Ukraine after more than eight months under Russian control.
