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KHERSON, Ukraine: President Volodymyr Zelensky on Monday visited the newly liberated city of Kherson in southern Ukraine after Russian forces retreated from the strategic hub near the Black Sea.

The Ukrainian president appears openly in front of the main government building in the southern city, and speaks to cheering residents who endured eight months of Russian occupation.

Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is accusing Russian forces of having committed “atrocities" in the southern region of Kherson that its forces have now partially abandoned

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky called the Russian withdrawal from Kherson “the beginning of the end of the war” on Monday as he met soldiers in the newly liberated city, days after Russian forces were forced to retreat following months of occupation. Read FRANCE 24’s live blog for all the latest…

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The retaking of Kherson was one of Ukraine’s biggest successes in the nearly nine-month-old war

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy vows to track down those responsible for what he alleges were war crimes in Kherson as authorities work to restore power and water to the recaptured city.

‘The army left behind the same atrocities as in other regions of our country’, said the President