Amid Joy in Kherson, a Humanitarian Disaster Looms
Ukrainian forces encountered a city without heat, water, electricity or cellphone service, with Russian artillery digging in just miles away.
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Ukrainian forces encountered a city without heat, water, electricity or cellphone service, with Russian artillery digging in just miles away.
In the rural areas that had been relentlessly shelled, a few residents are beginning to return now that the Russians are gone.
People in Kherson, who endured months of Russian occupation, greeted the arriving Ukrainian troops with cheers and flags.
Gen. Mark A. Milley, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, has made the case that the Ukrainians should try to cement their gains at the bargaining table.
After months of Russian occupation, residents said the moment recalled being liberated from the Nazis in World War II. But there was also fear and uncertainty.