A Ukrainian soldier tells Sky News: 'We are winning. We have already felt and feel this taste of victory. We are unstoppable' - as the Russian retreat from Kherson serves the Kremlin a humiliating blow.
They were here across swathes of territory and then they were gone - endless trenches along the roads simply abandoned.A soldier takes a selfie with civilians to mark the end of nine frightening months of occupation
Yuri drives around the village with two Ukrainian flags waving from his motorcycle and sidecar. As he stops, he tells me he can't believe the Russians have left. But these areas are still far from safe - the soldiers here say they've already removed more than 300 mines around the village. He says the Russian's had no choice but to leave in a hurry and it won't be long before the rest of the country is liberated."For us, this means that victory is very close. We are winning. We have already felt and feel this taste of victory. We are unstoppable.
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