cnn s nic robertson is there and shows us the daunting task they face. reporter: people are still celebrating their liberation. we were down in the main central square on sunday. people gathering there. there was somebody playing the trumpet, playing the national anthem. people singing along, cheering, and clapping. but, you know, there s a real sense of now the city is liberated, but how is it going to reconnect and reintegrate with the rest of ukraine. the russians, on their way out, destroyed so much. they destroyed the phone connection, the internet connection. so in that central square, you had people with their cell phones out trying to get wi-fi connection to the satellite connections that some of the soldiers had there. also by late in the day on sunday as well, the government was putting up a temporary cell phone service tower in the square, in the middle of the city, so that people could get connected with loved ones across the country. but the government has a message for
up its attacks in the newly liberated portions of the kherson region. this as ukraine is taking stock of the widespread damage russian troops already left behind. ukrainian officials say russia employed scorched-earth tactics when it withdrew, destroying most of the city s critical infrastructure. the area has also been littered with mines, one of which reportedly injured a family of four. as nic robertson reports, residents in kherson now face a long road to recovery. reporter: people are still celebrating their liberation. we were down in the main central square on sunday. people gathering there. there was somebody playing the trumpet. playing the national anthem. people singing along, cheering and clapping. but you know, there s a real sense of now the city is liberated, but how is it going to reconnect to reintegrate with the rest of ukraine? the russians on their way out destroyed so much. they destroyed the phone connection, the internet