According to multiple media outlets, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said the recent liberation of Kherson was the beginning of the end of the war.

Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky

Zelensky went to Kherson Monday.

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Zelensky told a crowd of people in Kherson that they were going to come to all of their country.

Zelensky said that the country would not negotiate if it meant giving land to Russia.

The deaths of several Kherson civilians and the presence of thousands of mines, tripwires and unexploded shells remain in the city, according to Zelensky.

After all mines are removed, power will be restored to the city, according to the governor of the Kherson region.

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Zelensky said that they were ready for peace but not for the country. All of our territory is ours. We respect the law, but we are fighting against Russian aggression.

350,000. Prior to the invasion, that was the population. Zelensky thinks the number has fallen to between 70,000 and 80,000.

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Key Background

The city of Kherson was captured by Russia in early March. Since the early victory and Putin's attempts to annex large parts of southern and easternUkraine in September, the Kherson region has been liberated by the Ukrainians. Mykhailo Podolyak, Zelensky's advisor, said Ukraine did not expect Russian forces to leave the city without a fight.

Russia says it will withdraw from the key city of Kherson.

Russia and the US are reported to be talking.

Zelensky says the beginning of the end is liberation.