Ukraine liberated the city of Kherson today after eight months under Russian occupation, with soldiers treated to a hero’s welcome by jubilant crowds as they arrived in city centre.
Flag-waving locals wept, chanted the name of the Ukrainian armed forces, hugged and kissed troops as they arrived in the city’s main square hours after the bulk of Moscow’s forces fled back across the Dnipro River.
Ukraine’s artillery had pounded the city and river crossings overnight and into the early hours