southern city of hassan after russia's occupation forces retreated from the area. president vladimir zaleski said, russian troops destroyed the cities critical infrastructure before fleet. oh greetings. from here soon is the message from this ukrainian soldier. russian troops occupied the city for 8 months now jubilant crowds of welcome their own special forces, back to their home town. the liberation of her son is also being celebrated in the capital. keith many fled here from her son, including villa demand, his 5 year old daughter's to vanya, the little girl can't wait to see her grandmother again. luma oh, what a little so we want to go back to her song, but it's still too dangerous for my daughter. number's winnie daycare and a school. i don't know. one will be able to go back with chris on will be rebuilds, it will go with the fulfillment. her son was the only regional capitol, the russians managed to capture. after the invasion, the kremlin has confirmed that $30000.00 of its troops are withdrawn from the city and the region to the north. in qu, saw a full, it's a big success for ukra

even after its troops relinquished the only major city beheld in the south. president vladimir zalesky praised the ukrainian people and his armed forces. she would mean yesterday, today is a historic time will be returning to the south of our country returning to her sold stuff. as of no, our defenders are on the outskirts of the city and said, we are starting to enter hamil. special units are already in the city. the people of her song were waiting. they never gave up on ukraine green. we spoke earlier to mike martin, a former british army officer, now with the department of war studies at kings college, london. we asked him where this war is heading. now. this is a another milestone. so we had to put out from keep in april, we had the operations in khaki, whether you creating a huge trade, the terrace you back from the russians. this is the 3rd major failure of the russian forces, all major gain for the ukrainians and it, it really, since may the ukrainians have been taking territory off the russians say, and they will continue to do so. it's a pace. it's got some more news making he

liberating the city of have song cheering crowds welcome ukrainian troops to the city president vladimir zaleski, calls it a historic day. also on the show us president joe biden take center stage.

in fact, last month on the 21st of october, ukrainian president vladimir zaleski in his national address warned that russia was plotting to blow that damn up and claimed that russians had planted explosives, as well as urging western powers to warn russia not to block that down because it would cause a large scale disaster. now what we are hearing is that her son is without an electricity, and the russians are blaming act of sabotage on power lines. that's what they're claiming. but this war has been full of information and this information came on counter claim, a very difficult to say, because we don't have access to the russian control territory. and the ukraine has have been very strict on media movement in carson as they get ready to mount that offensive. it was one of the most distressing images to come out of ukraine at the start of the war. and apartment building and key struck by a missile, leaving this gaping hole in its side, sending a signal about the level of threat to civilian life. now bill rebuilding is underway. harry faucet met one former resident looking forward back t

in fact, last month on the 21st of october, ukrainian president vladimir zaleski, and his national address warned that russia was plotting to blow them up and claimed that russians had planted explosives, as well as urging west them paris to warn russia not to block that down because it would cause a large scale disaster. now what we are hearing is that her son is without an extra electricity, and the russians are blaming act of sabotage on power lines that that's what they're claiming. but this war has been full of information and this information came on counter claim, a very difficult to say, because we don't have access to the russian control territory. and the ukraine has have been very strict on media movement in her son as they get ready to mount that offensive. but why i can tell you is that the ukrainians are saying now the ukraine authorities are said that they are still 20 to 25000 russian soldiers on the west bank on the west side of that river. and russian backed authorities in her son have said that ukraine is moving large numbers of tanks and armored vehicles on the on the c