BLAHODATNE, Ukraine ¨C Jubilant residents welcomed Ukrainian troops arriving in the center of Kherson on Friday after Russia abandoned the only regional capital it had captured since its invasion began in February.
¡°Today is a historic day. We are getting the south of the country back, we are getting Kherson back,¡± Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in an evening video address.
¡°As of now, our defenders are on the outskirts of the city, and we are very close to entering. But special units are already in the city,¡± he said.
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