Kherson Free!

From the BBC:

Kherson is ours, says Zelensky

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky says Kherson is "ours" after Russia's retreat from the city earlier today.

"Our people. Ours. Kherson," Zelensky wrote on Telegram alongside a Ukraine flag emoji and video footage that appeared to show Ukrainian troops gathering with residents of the city.

^ Kherson, the only Ukrainian Provincial Capital to be occupied by the Russians, was occupied from March 2- November 11, 2022.

It had a pre-War population of 283,649 people.

In September 2022 armed Russian Occupation Soldiers went door-to-door and forced the Ukrainian Residents to vote to join the Russian Federation (a vote the UN has called illegal.)

On November 9, 2022 30,000 Russian Soldiers, Russian Occupation Officials and Russian Civilians were forced to flee the advancing Ukrainian Military as they liberated Kherson from Russian Rule.

Today, November 11, 2022 those who survived the Battle of Kherson and the Russian Occupation of Kherson are out on the city streets with Ukrainian flags as Putin and the Russians have to officially admit another major defeat in their War in Ukraine. ^