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War in Ukraine. Ukrainian army entered Kherson

On Friday, the Ukrainian army announced that it had entered Kherson (south) following the forced withdrawal of Russian troops, the latest severe setback for Moscow after nearly nine months of war in Ukraine. “Today is a historic day. We are taking back the south of the country, we are taking back Kherson“President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky welcomed in his daily message published on social networks.

Special forces are already in townHe added that their first task will be to neutralize the many mines left by the Russian army that occupied Kherson since the middle of March. In a video posted on Volodymyr Zelensky’s Telegram, which is presented as being from Kherson, Ukrainian soldiers say:28th brigade“The night was praised by the crowd that chanted”VCUsAbbreviation of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

We see pleasant, smiling faces, flowers, embroidered towels, with which we greet our cars.Andriy Jolob, commander of the medical unit currently located about fifty kilometers from Kherson, told AFP by phone from Warsaw. The Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, in turn, called on the Russian soldiers who remained on Facebook in Russian.surrender immediately“.

The third major recession

The Russian withdrawal is the third since the invasion began on February 24, when Russia was forced to surrender in the spring to capture Kiev in the face of fierce Ukrainian resistance, before being pushed out of almost every country. Kharkiv region (north-east) in September. Sergey, 26, an IT worker in Kyiv, told AFP that he “tears“from joy. “It’s a blow to Putin“, Isak Danilotvich, a mathematician, rejoiced.

In the evening, the people of Kherson, who had been refugees in the capital for months, met with joy in the symbolic Maidan Square of Kyiv. “Our soldiers are gods (…) We have been waiting for this moment for nine months, Kherson belongs to Ukraine and forever.cheered 41-year-old Artem Lukiv as champagne corks were popped and the national anthem was sung. French President Emmanuel Macron praised on Twitter.The return of Kherson to Ukraine is an important step towards the full restoration of its sovereign rightsVolodymyr Zelensky also expressed his gratitude to Europe.for the constant support that Ukraine has been receiving since the first hours of the Russian invasion“.

The bridge has been destroyed

Earlier on Friday, the Russian Defense Ministry announced that it had completed it at 0500 Moscow time (0200 GMT).”redistributionhis units from the right (west) bank of the Dnieper River, where the city of Kherson is located, to the left bank, ensuring that they did not suffer any losses or abandoned military equipment. According to Moscow:more than 30,000“Russian soldiers and”.About 5,000 weapons and military vehicles were taken outFrom the west bank of the Dnieper.

This decline, however, has all the absurdity, as Russian President Vladimir Putin announced at the end of September the annexation of four Ukrainian regions, including Kherson. Despite this retreat, the area remainsSubject of the Russian FederationKremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Friday. “There can be no changeHe added that in the first comment of the Russian Presidency regarding this withdrawal.

The state-run Ria Novosti news agency broadcast overnight footage of Russian military vehicles leaving Kherson, showing them crossing the Antonievsky Bridge, which spans the Dnieper. Several Russian reporters then pointed out, with accompanying images, that part of the passenger train had been dynamited by the Russian army after the withdrawal to impede the advance of Ukrainian troops.

cynical reaction»

Russia, however, has continued to strike across Ukraine, which has seen some of its energy infrastructure destroyed in recent weeks. On the night of Thursday-Friday, an attack was made again on the city of Mykolaiv, located about one hundred kilometers northwest of Kherson, in the south of Ukraine. According to the head of the district administration, Vitaly Kim, as a result of the attack there, a 5-story residential building was completely destroyed, as a result of which at least seven people were killed. The President of Ukraine condemned in Telegram.The (Russian) terrorist state’s cynical response to our successes on the front“.

An AFP reporter was able to see a building under rubble and emergency services investigating the rubble. The governor also announced Friday evening that the province is now “fully exempted“. Fighting also continues to rage on the eastern front, particularly in Bakhmut, a city Moscow has been trying to capture since the summer and the main battleground where the Russian army, backed by men from the Wagner paramilitary group, remains ashore. offensive

With the G20 approaching, the summit of world economic powers scheduled for next week in Indonesia, which Vladimir Putin has refused to attend, the French presidency wanted to see the possibility of dialogue. “There is a very clear place in the G20 to carry a message of peace and ask Russia to enter the logic of de-escalation.“, said the advisor of President Emmanuel Macron. “A very large majority of the club (G20) consider this war to be huge and unbearable for the rest of the world.“.

However, the president of Ukraine repeated this week that the first condition of the negotiations is the complete withdrawal of the Russian troops that entered Ukraine on February 24.


Source: Le Figaro

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