We will rebuild..Russia is failing

President's pledge as Putin troops flee Kherson

- STEPHEN WHITE

DEFIANT President Volodymyr Zelensky vowed to rebuild infrastructure in Kherson after Russian troops attacked a dam before fleeing, some dressed as civilians. 

As Ukrainian soldiers were greeted by jubilant crowds, Mr Zelensky said authorities would “restore everything” damaged by Kremlin forces during their nine-month occupation.

He told people in cities and villages still under occupation: “We don’t forget anyone – we won’t leave anyone.”

Vladimir Putin’s retreating army has been condemned for its “reckless” attack on the dam near Kherson amid fears it could damage Europe’s largest nuclear power plant.

Russian troops detonated explosives at a bridge that runs along the top of the Nova Kakhovka dam.