Residents of recaptured city warned of potential Russian strikes as Ukrainian forces push frontline to Dnipro River
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Ukraine carried out “stabilisation measures” near Kherson on Saturday after the city was retaken by Ukrainian forces, as people across the country awoke after a night of jubilation.
Hundreds of citizens flooded the city streets on Saturday morning after an eight-month occupation, embracing Ukrainian soldiers and foreign journalists after what has been described as a “historic day” for Kyiv – and perhaps the most important strategic breakthrough since the beginning of the Russian invasion.
