President Volodymyr Zelensky on Thursday was visiting the southern Ukrainian region of Kherson partially controlled by Russian forces, after Kyiv’s troops captured the regional capital late last year, the presidency said.
Ukraine forces recaptured Kherson city, the administrative centre of the southern region in November following a strategic withdrawal of Russia forces.
“Working trip to Kherson region. The village of Posad Pokrovske, where houses and civilian infrastructural facilities were damaged as a result of Russia’s full-scale invasion,” Zelensky said in a message on social media.
He said local authorities were restoring essential services like electricity and water in the village and rebuilding a medical centre.
“People are returning,” he said in the post, adding that: “I talked to the locals about their problems and needs”.