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Ukraine official says army to retake Kherson from Russians today
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleA Ukrainian official says the country’s military will retake Kherson — the first major city Russia’s troops captured — later today.
Markian Lubkivskyi, an adviser to the Ukrainian defense minister tells the BBC: “I believe that today the city will be fully under the control of Ukrainian armed forces.
“We have finished in the last two days the operation in the Kyiv region so other armed forces are now focused on the southern part trying to get free Kherson and some other Ukrainian cities,” he says, according to Sky News.
Last night, US defense officials said the city in southern Ukraine was once again “contested.”
“Have a nice day, my hero city!”
The mayor of Kherson, which has been held by Russian forces since March 2, said a new Ukrainian flag had been hung on the City Council building after a smaller flag was damaged by Russian forces. https://t.co/YhARQWl8ox pic.twitter.com/ZOYY5uqbfk
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