Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy made a triumphant visit to the newly liberated city of Kherson on Monday, hailing the Russian withdrawal as the “beginning of the end of the war.”
KHERSON, Ukraine — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy made a triumphant visit to the newly liberated city of Kherson on Monday, hailing the Russian withdrawal as the “beginning of the end of the war” but also acknowledging the heavy price Ukrainian soldiers are paying in their grinding effort to push back the invading force.
Zelenskyy walked the streets of Kherson on Monday, awarding medals to soldiers and posing with them for selfies — and striking a defiant note. NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg, during a visit to The Hague on Monday, warned that “we should not make the mistake of underestimating Russia.” In video published by a presidential aide, a visibly moved Zelenskyy stood with his hand on his heart and sang the national anthem, as troops saluted and stood to attention and a soldier steadily hauled the yellow-and-blue Ukrainian flag up a flagpole.
Another resident, Serhii Yukhmchuk, 47, said he and his wife spent the occupation mostly at home to avoid interactions with the Russians. They and others in their community silently protested by refusing to use the ruble, Russia's currency, he said. In his nightly video address on Sunday, Zelenskyy said without giving details that “investigators have already documented more than 400 Russian war crimes, and the bodies of both civilians and military personnel have been found.”
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