Ukraine works to stabilise Kherson after Russian pullout

The Russian retreat represented a significant setback for the Kremlin some six weeks after Mr Putin annexed the Kherson region

Ukrainians gather in central Kyiv to celebrate the recapturing of Kherson city (Bernat Armangue/AP)

The Ukrainian military carried out “stabilisation measures” near the southern city of Kherson on Saturday following the end of an eight-month occupation by Russian forces.

Residents of Kherson, the only regional capital captured by Russia’s military during the ongoing invasion, awoke from a night of jubilant celebrating that broke out in the city and surrounding areas after the Kremlin announced its troops had withdrawn to the other side of the Dnieper River.