In the photo published on social networks, it can be seen that in the center of the city of Kherson, the capital of the region of the same name in the south of Ukraine, the Ukrainian flag has been raised again.

It is reported that the flag was raised by Ukrainian residents of the city, and not by the Ukrainian armed forces, although some Russian Telegram channels have unconfirmed information that Kyiv special forces have already arrived in the city.

Ukraine has not yet officially announced the liberation of the city, but the image of the state flag raised in front of the administrative building of Kherson was widely shared on social networks by some of the most famous commentators and analysts of the war. launched by Vladimir Putin on February 24.

The President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelenskyi, in an address to the people on Thursday night, said that Kyiv’s troops had liberated 41 settlements in the south of the country.

“Today there is good news from the south. The number of Ukrainian flags that are being returned to their place as part of the ongoing defense operation is already counted in dozens. 41 settlements were liberated. We thank all our heroes,” he said.

Zelenskyy says again that Ukraine will liberate all its territories

“The enemy is not leaving. It is the Ukrainians who drive out the occupiers at great cost, both in the east of our country, in the Kharkiv region, and, as once in the north, in the Kyiv, Sumy, Chernihiv regions, and now in the Mykolaiv and Kherson regions. regions,” he added. Ukrainian president on Sunday night.

“We have to go all the way – both on the battlefield and in diplomacy – so that our entire land, along our internationally recognized border, has our flags, the flags of Ukraine. And never a single enemy tricolor,” he emphasized.

The map shows the territories liberated by Ukrainians on the west bank of the Dnieper in the last day:

The former commander of American forces in Europe, General Mark Hertling, commenting on the situation, says that in Kherson there is a possibility of the formation of one of the most famous encirclements of the “Falaise pocket” type in the Second World War.

“Reports from Ukraine indicate that this is happening. If Russia has not prepared for this and thousands of soldiers will be killed/captured, [situația] strengthens the known incompetence of the Russian military,” he says.

His comments came after reports began to spread widely on Russian Telegram channels that Wednesday’s withdrawal from the western bank of the Dnieper in Kherson, ordered by the Russian Ministry of Defense, turned into panic and chaos.

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