KHERSON, Ukraine — Scores of people filled the city center Saturday afternoon, celebrating the liberation of the regional capital less than 24 hours after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky announced that Kyiv’s forces had retaken much of the regional capital from Russian occupation. Babushkas and children waved to arriving soldiers as young men stood on cars, waving Ukraine’s yellow and blue flag. Explosions boomed in the distance, but most of the revelers didn’t seem to notice. They had their city back.
Ukraine live briefing: Kherson elated about Ukrainian control, but city has ‘no electricity or water’
But Ukrainian officials warned that the humanitarian situation in the city remained “threatening.” One official, who had spoken to residents in the city, told The Washington Post that the Russians had left the city “on the brink of a humanitarian crisis,” adding: “There is no water, no electricity, no heating.”
Air raid sirens sounded across Ukraine on Saturday, and a strike in the southern Mykolaiv region killed seven people Friday — a stark reminder that even as Kherson comes under Ukrainian control, Russian forces on the eastern bank of the Dnieper River will still be able to hit Mykolaiv with drones or missiles.
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Source: WP
