Residents of Kherson awake to Russian tanks as Moscow claims to have seized strategic city

Kherson residents woke up to Russian tanks on the streets of the southern Ukrainian city on March 2, 2022. Russian state media claimed that Kremlin forces had taken full control of the strategic port city. The city’s mayor, Ihor Kolykhaiev, confirmed the presence of Russian forces, saying that the Ukrainian military was no longer in Kherson and that its residents are now subject to curfew and transport restrictions in and out of the city.