Ukraine’s triumph in Kherson
Post Reports
The Washington Post
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🗓️ 14 November 2022
⏱️ 20 minutes
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Summary
A triumphant President Volodymyr Zelensky visited the liberated Ukrainian city of Kherson Monday morning, declaring “the beginning of the end of the war.” Today on “Post Reports,” we talk about whether that’s true and why this city is so significant.
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Kherson residents celebrate liberation and describe the trauma of occupation.
Witnesses recount detentions, torture, disappearances in occupied Kherson.
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| 1:07.0 | Ukrainians are celebrating a major victory in the war with Russia. |
| 1:11.0 | Last week Russian forces retreated from the city of Heirsan. |
| 1:15.0 | And on Friday, Ukraine took the city back. |
| 1:22.0 | The Ukrainian military took back this city from Russian forces which had been the sole regional capital that Russia had managed to capture since the start of their invasion of Ukraine back in February. |
| 1:37.0 | Shane Harris is an intelligence and national security reporter for the post. |
| 1:42.0 | We saw these amazing images of troops coming into the streets, people rushing out to hug them, kiss them, people celebrating. |
| 1:50.0 | It was reminiscent of scenes from World War II of occupied cities being liberated from the Nazis. |
| 1:56.0 | So it was a very triumphant moment and it has a lot of people including the president of Ukraine wondering if this is a major turning point that signals the beginning of the end of the war. |
| 2:13.0 | From the newsroom of the Washington Post, this is Post Reports. I'm Ella Hezaddi. It's Monday, November 14. |
| 2:22.0 | Today, we talk with Shane about how Ukraine's latest victory came to be. |
| 2:27.0 | What could this mean for the trajectory of the war and what could Russia do next? |
| 2:38.0 | How long has Heirsan been occupied by Russian forces and why was it such an important place for them to hold? |
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