this is an absolutely stunning, for ukrainians what this means is they can move forward. a momentum, an operation s momentum they started really all the way back okay. looks like we have a spotty signal there with the colonel so we ll leave it there unfortunately. again, a remarkable moment as you saw on the ground in kherson as it has been liberated after eight months. the first and only major city, i think, seized by russian forces. obviously, a very significant moment and cedric, you are back, thank goodness. please, pick up on where you left off. sure, amara. one of the most significant things because when you look at the progress that the ukrainians have made, it really was summarized by the phrase of the people when they said [ speaking non-english ], that is glory to the ukrainian
next day they might kill you and stories we have to chase up on disappeared people, people killed sa lot will sink in to people here, but this is a city without electricity, without water. the tv station was burned down. there s no internet connection here. the dam is broken just up the river. there are so many problems here but a day of absolute euphoria for the people of kherson. a remarkable moment, and yes, we re not there with you, nic, but we can definitely hear and feel the jubilation, and of course, nic robertson, thank you so much. all right. so for more on this now, let s talk about this with cnn military analyst and retired air force s colonel cedric leighton. what a remarkable moment to hear from the people. obviously this liberation is just more exciting than words. what is your can you talk about the significance of the liberation of kherson for the ukrainians and how much of a blow this is for russia? oh, good morning.
army. what they re doing, ukrainians are moving in a methodical way. first their capital, then moved into the northeast to secure the area around kharkiv and now aftered one provincial capital that the russians had, kherson, and now are moving potentially into an area where they could even threaten russian control of crimea. so that, of course, is, you know, perhaps literally a bridge too far at the moment for them, but the ukrainians definitely have momentum and are doing something very unique, very innovative with the western weapons they re receiving, amara. that, i think is a huge innovative approach to warfare we re going to steady for quite some time. a huge morale boost and so glad we have the map up there. if you can put that back up you see where kherson is located in the south. this was a strategic prize for russia at the time because it served as a land bridge, right,
referendum to actually express their real views. i think what we re seeing today are the real views of the people of kherson. an incredible feeling of relief, celebration, of joy. people climbing up the buildings around here, the cinema over there, putting a flag on top of the cinema building over there. there are soldiers, ukrainian troops driving through here. whenever they drive through a huge cheer goes up from the crowd. ip saw a soldier signing autographs on the ukraine flag, people in tears. so much emotion. i m joined by cat katerina tod. how are you? i m excited because our child is free, our street, my street, is free, and every day i don t see this, all this reporter: russians. this told us, this
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