Ukrainians celebrate soldiers retaking Kherson, Russia's latest defeat

Members of the Russian Emergencies Ministry help a wheelchair user, who was evacuated from the Russian-controlled part of Kherson region of Ukraine, to leave a bus upon arrival at a local railway station in the town of Dzhankoi, Crimea November 10, 2022. REUTERS/Alexey Pavlishak

BLAHODATNE, Ukraine (Reuters) - Jubilant residents welcomed Ukrainian troops arriving in the centre of Kherson on Friday after Russia abandoned the only regional capital it had captured since its invasion began in February.

"Today is a historic day. We are getting the south of the country back, we are getting Kherson back," Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said in an evening video address.