After months being afraid to even be on the streets of #Kherson and terrified of being caught with any yellow and blue material, the residents of the now de-occupied city are relishing their first taste of freedom in over 8 months.
One more video, and this is the first of #Ukraine's soldiers to enter the city of #Kherson.
Understandably they're greeted as heroes as the crowd chanting "ZSU" to show their support for the armed forces, which has forced #Russia's army to flee.
A blurry photo of the damage at the Hydro-Electricity plant and bridge in #Kakhovka.
#Ukraine says #Russia's troops blew up an energy facility and a canal before leaving last night, resulting in a loss of power and water for much of #Kherson today. #RussiaIsATerroristState
Much joy on the right bank of the river Dnipro in #Kherson oblast. Meanwhile on the left bank, where #Russia retreated to, another explosion is seen.
Remember, a large part of the province is still occupied.
The 'famous' #Kherson mega-flag of #Ukraine - seen when #Russia invaded the city in February, was unfurled again today.
This morning on @TimesRadio I heard Sergey Markov say 90% of Kherson wanted to be Russian. What a clown he is and terrible that a lot of lies went unchallenged
#Ukraine has started strengthening its borders to the north and east.
ooh, look at this. The "aquafresh" has disappeared from #NovaKakhovka in #Kherson oblast. And that's on the LEFT bank (east of the river) where the Russians fled to.
The country is united. Together like never before.
The predominantly Russian speaking people of #Kherson hate #Russia and all because of #Putin, who's done a great job of uniting #Ukraine.
The state of just one family's home in #Kherson after #Russia's soldiers used it during the Occupation.
Totally ransacked; almost anything of value which was not broken was taken.
The first of many likely #WarCrimes, likely far worse tales are to come.
This time last night we were wondering how much damage was being caused by the numerous explosions with #Ukraine's Defence Min claiming 40,000 Russians were trapped, waiting to flee.
Turned out #Russia was doing the bombing as new satellite photos prove:
Wow! Banksy just made his first post of 2022 on his Instagram page. It's new street art on the ruins of a building in #Borodianka, near #Kyiv destroyed by #Russia back in February.
It seems this post earlier may well have added importance.
A #Ukraine Resistance movement says it has sources confirming #Russia will evacuate its people from #NovaKakhovka tomorrow (Saturday), sending them close to the border with #Crimea.
We reach Day 260 of #Russia's war on #Ukraine. They continue to go backwards after Wednesday's announcement that Putin's troops are evacuating #Kherson region west of the river.
This is the daily thread for Thursday. Catch up on the previous 24 hrs here:
One of the biggest stories for #Ukraine is what's happening in the USA. As I type the Republicans look set to take control of the House, but with a very small majority, while the GOP looks likely to FAIL to take control of the Senate
Today's UK intel update reports on #Russia's defensive work in Occupied areas.
Even though I expect a retreat this week to behind the river Dnipro in #Kherson, liberating all of the region's territory will be very difficult because The Kremlin needs the land route to #Crimea.
It's not unusual for schools in #Russia (and #Ukraine actually) to have some elements of military awareness, including visits by soldiers pre-war, showing guns etc.
Now #Russia looks like making a new subject of military training compulsory for kids.
This is reported by the Terrorist State's news agency. Did someone tell them Russia stopped starving, freezing, raping, looting and killing civilians?😡
The news agenda is still dominated by one event in #Russia, where the first serious questions are being asked by "regular" (non liberal) families over military disasters.
It follows this wipeout of a new battalion of mobilised troops by #Ukraine's forces