<p>"Kherson is ours," Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Friday (November 11) after Russia announced its completion of retreat from the Kherson region.&nbsp;The country's Armed Forces said on social media, "Kherson is returning to Ukrainian control and units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine are entering the city."</p>

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<p>Posting a video on Telegram of residents and troops gathering in the area, the Ukrainian president said, "As of now, our defenders are on the outskirts of the city. But special units are already in the city."</p>

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<p>Several photos and videos of people waving Ukrainian flags in Kherson were posted by the country's parliament. Residents celebrated the news by donning flags, popping champagne corks, and singing the Ukrainian national anthem. The retreat news was joyfully welcomed in Kyiv, reported AFP.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p>

<p>Ukraine's Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuelba&nbsp;said, "Ukraine is gaining another important victory right now and proves that whatever Russia says or does, Ukraine will win." He also shared a video of Ukrainians taking down a billboard reading "Russia is here forever".</p>

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<p>As per the Russian ministry, over 30,000 Russian service members, as well as over 5,000 pieces of gear and other military supplies have already been evacuated. However, Kremlin asserted that Kherson is still a part of Russia and that it did not regret annexing the entire region.&nbsp;</p>

<p>Moscow's special military operation in Ukraine began nine months ago on February 24, Kherson was one of the major urban centres to collapse. It has been one of the four Ukrainian regions that Putin declared to have been annexed to Russia.</p>

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"Kherson is ours," Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Friday (November 11) after Russia announced its completion of retreat from the Kherson region. The country's Armed Forces said on social media, "Kherson is returning to Ukrainian control and units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine are entering the city.

"Kherson is ours," Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Friday (November 11) after Russia announced its completion of retreat from the Kherson region. The country's Armed Forces said on social media, "Kherson is returning to Ukrainian control and units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine are entering the city." Also read | Ukrainian forces enter Kherson city following ‘complete evacuation’ by Russian military Posting a video on Telegram of residents and troops gathering in the area, the Ukrainian president said, "As of now, our defenders are on the outskirts of the city. But special units are already in the city." Watch | Gravitas: Is Russia's retreat from Kherson a trap? Several photos and videos of people waving Ukrainian flags in Kherson were posted by the country's parliament. Residents celebrated the news by donning flags, popping champagne corks, and singing the Ukrainian national anthem. The retreat news was joyfully welcomed in Kyiv, reported AFP. Ukraine's Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuelba said, "Ukraine is gaining another important victory right now and proves that whatever Russia says or does, Ukraine will win." He also shared a video of Ukrainians taking down a billboard reading "Russia is here forever". Also read | Vladmir Putin to not attend G20 summit even through video conference As per the Russian ministry, over 30,000 Russian service members, as well as over 5,000 pieces of gear and other military supplies have already been evacuated. However, Kremlin asserted that Kherson is still a part of Russia and that it did not regret annexing the entire region. Moscow's special military operation in Ukraine began nine months ago on February 24, Kherson was one of the major urban centres to collapse. It has been one of the four Ukrainian regions that Putin declared to have been annexed to Russia. (With inputs from agencies) WATCH WION LIVE HERE

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<p>As Ukraine forces advance south, Russia has started evacuating civilians from the Moscow-controlled region of Kherson in southern Ukraine, pro-Kremlin officials said on Wednesday.&nbsp;</p>

<p>"In Kherson, the organised movement of residents to the other side of the Dnieper has begun," pro-Russian officials in the town of Alyoshki said on social media, while Russia's Rossiya 24 TV showed images of people waiting to board ferries to cross the river.</p>

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<p>Earlier, the officials said they planned to evacuate some 50,000 civilians due to a Ukrainian counter-offensive.</p>

<p>"We are expecting to evacuate between 50,000 and 60,000 people to the left bank of the Dnieper," pro-Kremlin official Vladimir Saldo said on the Telegram channel "Solovyov Live".</p>

<p>RIA Novosti news agency reported that evacuations by boat had already begun. It also said that the residents had received text messages, asking them to evacuate "before the Ukrainian army begins bombing". The entire activity is expected to take at least six days, the officials said.</p>

<p>Russia's military commander for Ukraine operations admitted on Tuesday that the situation in the Kherson regions is "difficult" and Russian forces were planning a "safe evacuation".</p>

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<p>"The situation in this area is difficult. The enemy is deliberately striking infrastructure and residential buildings in Kherson," Sergei Surovikin, the Russian air force general now commanding Russia's invasion forces, told the state-owned Rossiya 24 news channel.</p>

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<p>"The Russian army will above all ensure the safe evacuation of the population of Kherson," he said. "As a whole, the situation in the special military operation zone can be described as tense."</p>

<p>The city of Kherson and the surrounding region were captured by Russian forces at the beginning of the conflict. Moscow "annexed" three other Ukrainian regions after conducting referendums that were termed&nbsp;"sham" by the West. Ukraine's counter-offensive in the south has been making things tough for Russian forces. Ukrainian strikes have targeted bridges to the left bank to disrupt supply lines.</p>

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As Ukraine forces advance south, Russia has started evacuating civilians from the Moscow-controlled region of Kherson in southern Ukraine, pro-Kremlin officials said on Wednesday.

As Ukraine forces advance south, Russia has started evacuating civilians from the Moscow-controlled region of Kherson in southern Ukraine, pro-Kremlin officials said on Wednesday. "In Kherson, the organised movement of residents to the other side of the Dnieper has begun," pro-Russian officials in the town of Alyoshki said on social media, while Russia's Rossiya 24 TV showed images of people waiting to board ferries to cross the river. Also Read | Kherson facing 'difficult' situation, Russian commander admits amid claims of overnight shelling by Kyiv Earlier, the officials said they planned to evacuate some 50,000 civilians due to a Ukrainian counter-offensive. "We are expecting to evacuate between 50,000 and 60,000 people to the left bank of the Dnieper," pro-Kremlin official Vladimir Saldo said on the Telegram channel "Solovyov Live". RIA Novosti news agency reported that evacuations by boat had already begun. It also said that the residents had received text messages, asking them to evacuate "before the Ukrainian army begins bombing". The entire activity is expected to take at least six days, the officials said. Russia's military commander for Ukraine operations admitted on Tuesday that the situation in the Kherson regions is "difficult" and Russian forces were planning a "safe evacuation". × "The situation in this area is difficult. The enemy is deliberately striking infrastructure and residential buildings in Kherson," Sergei Surovikin, the Russian air force general now commanding Russia's invasion forces, told the state-owned Rossiya 24 news channel. Also Read | Annexed Ukrainian regions under nuclear protection as rest of Russia, says Kremlin "The Russian army will above all ensure the safe evacuation of the population of Kherson," he said. "As a whole, the situation in the special military operation zone can be described as tense." The city of Kherson and the surrounding region were captured by Russian forces at the beginning of the conflict. Moscow "annexed" three other Ukrainian regions after conducting referendums that were termed "sham" by the West. Ukraine's counter-offensive in the south has been making things tough for Russian forces. Ukrainian strikes have targeted bridges to the left bank to disrupt supply lines. (With inputs from agencies)

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'Kherson is ours,' says Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky after Russia's retreat

Kremlin-installed officials begin evacuating civilians from Kherson region of Ukraine