Russians loot stores, beat protesters in Kherson, as city runs out of food and medical supplies
2 years, 8 months ago

Russians loot stores, beat protesters in Kherson, as city runs out of food and medical supplies

India Today  

Since Russia's invasion began a month ago, Ukrainians have come under considerable strain. Kherson, a city in the south of Ukraine, was captured by the invading Russians and has been resisting the imposition of all things Russian. READ | Russia-Ukraine war: WHO says attacks on hospitals increasing every day Meanwhile, the public holds anti-Russia rallies on the streets, get lobbed with tear gas, beaten and detained. FOLLOW LIVE UPDATES ON RUSSIA-UKRAINE WAR Several people, who stayed amid a raging war, are fleeing the city now as the Russian imposition begins. The deputy of Kherson regional council, Sergei Khlan, alleged that Russian currency, roubles, would be brought into circulation in the territory from April.

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A likely Russian artillery strike kills at least 6 at a Ukrainian market
2 months, 3 weeks ago

A likely Russian artillery strike kills at least 6 at a Ukrainian market

Associated Press  

KYIV, Ukraine — An apparent Russian artillery strike hit a market in the southern Ukraine city of Kherson on Tuesday, killing at least six people and wounding three others, authorities said, on a morning when Ukrainians across the country were observing a minute’s silence for their military and war dead. Ukraine’s General Prosecutor’s Office said the strike was “most likely” …

Newborn baby among 7 killed in Russian shelling in Ukraine's Kherson
1 year, 4 months ago

Newborn baby among 7 killed in Russian shelling in Ukraine's Kherson

India Today  

Russian shelling killed seven people, including a 22-day-old infant, and wounded at least 22 in Ukraine's southern region of Kherson on Sunday, prompting local officials to declare Monday a day of mourning and President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to promise justice. Kyiv reclaimed part of Kherson from Russian occupation last November but Kremlin troops have continued shelling the regional capital and areas …

Kherson's unending nightmare through occupation, shelling and now floods
1 year, 6 months ago

Kherson's unending nightmare through occupation, shelling and now floods

Firstpost  

On 2 March 2022, Russian soldiers took control of Kherson, which had a population of 280,000 during peacetime. Early in November, Ukrainian forces captured it; nonetheless, Russian forces have since often bombarded it from the east bank of the Dnipro River Iryna Radetska, a resident of Kherson, views the devastating floods of her city as the most recent episode in …

Ukraine says 21 killed in Russian attack on Kherson
1 year, 7 months ago

Ukraine says 21 killed in Russian attack on Kherson

Al Jazeera  

Strikes take place as local authorities announce a 58-hour curfew in the city starting on Friday. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said at least 21 people have been killed in Russian strikes on Ukraine’s southern Kherson region on Wednesday, as local authorities announced the introduction of a curfew in the main eponymous city. Reporting from Kherson, Al Jazeera’s Tamer al-Samadi said …

Zelenskyy blasts Russian ‘terror’ after Kherson city shelled
2 years ago

Zelenskyy blasts Russian ‘terror’ after Kherson city shelled

The Hindu  

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Saturday blasted Russian "terror" after shelling on Christmas Eve left at least eight dead and 17 injured in Kherson city, which Kyiv's forces recaptured in November. "At least eight civilians were killed and 17 were injured," the Kherson region's prosecutor's office said on social media. On Friday alone the Kherson region was targeted by 74 …

AP News Digest 5:30 a.m.
2 years ago

AP News Digest 5:30 a.m.

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. ————————— TOP STORIES —————————- RUSSIA-UKRAINE-WAR-KHERSON VOLUNTEERS — About two …

Key Ukrainian city’s rapid fall leaves unanswered questions
2 years ago

Key Ukrainian city’s rapid fall leaves unanswered questions

Associated Press  

KHERSON, Ukraine — When about 100 Russian troops rolled into Kherson’s Lilac Park on the morning of March 1, Oleh Shornik was one of about 20 lightly armed Ukrainian volunteers who didn’t stand a chance against them. “Russia had its agents infiltrated into the Ukrainian security forces, and the cleanup by Kyiv was slow and inefficient,” said Orysia Lutsevych, head …

Free for a month, Kherson still toils to clear Russian traps
2 years ago

Free for a month, Kherson still toils to clear Russian traps

Associated Press  

KHERSON, Ukraine — A hand grenade jerry-rigged into the detergent tray of a Kherson home’s washing machine. Residents’ access to electricity still comes and goes, although water is largely connected, and indoor heating has only very recently been restored — and only to about 70-80% of the city — after the Russians last month blew up a giant central heating …

A month since Russian retreat, life in Kherson is far from normal
2 years ago

A month since Russian retreat, life in Kherson is far from normal

Al Jazeera  

Sunday marks one month since Russian forces retreated from the southern Ukrainian city of Kherson and its vicinity after an eight-month occupation. The departing Russian troops left behind all sorts of ugly surprises, including mines, while their artillery continues to batter the city from new, dug-in positions across the Dnieper River, according to Ukrainian officials. “The difficulties are very simple: …

AP PHOTOS: Residents face new reality in retaken Kherson
2 years ago

AP PHOTOS: Residents face new reality in retaken Kherson

Associated Press  

KHERSON, Ukraine — When Ukraine wrested back Kherson from Russian occupiers nearly a month ago, it was a moment of glory and pride, hailed as the beginning of the end of the war. Though free from Russia’s control, the southern city and its surroundings are still living the consequences of nearly nine months of occupation, and feeling the deadly proximity …

Photos: Ukrainians face hardship in recaptured Kherson
2 years ago

Photos: Ukrainians face hardship in recaptured Kherson

Al Jazeera  

At the beginning of November, Russia withdrew from the Ukrainian city of Kherson following an eight-month occupation, but ever since it has faced multiple attacks and escalation, leaving several dozens killed and millions of people in the dark. The southern city with a pre-war population of 200,000 and its surroundings are still living the consequences of occupation, and feeling the …

Torture allegations mount in aftermath of Kherson occupation
2 years ago

Torture allegations mount in aftermath of Kherson occupation

Associated Press  

KHERSON, Ukraine — When a dozen Russian soldiers stormed into Dmytro Bilyi’s home in August, the 24-year-old police officer said they gave him a chilling choice: Hand in his pistol or his mother and brother would disappear. “For months we’ve received information about torture and other kind of persecution of civilians,” said Oleksandra Matviichuk, head of the Center for Civil …

Forced to withdraw, Russia rains missiles on liberated Kherson
2 years, 1 month ago

Forced to withdraw, Russia rains missiles on liberated Kherson

LA Times  

A woman wounded in a Russian attack lies inside an ambulance before being taken to a hospital in Kherson in southern Ukraine. “Russians took the two most precious people from me,” their bereaved daughter, Lilia Kristenko, 38, said, clutching her cat inside her coat as she watched in horror Friday as responders finally arrived to transport her mother to the …

Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 272
2 years, 1 month ago

Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 272

Al Jazeera  

As the Russia-Ukraine war enters its 272nd day, we take a look at the main developments. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said half of the country’s power capacity had been knocked out by Russian rockets. “There is no military logic: they just want to take revenge on the locals.” There are no immediate nuclear safety or security concerns at the Russian-held …

‘We survived': Kherson comes alive after Russian withdrawal
2 years, 1 month ago

‘We survived': Kherson comes alive after Russian withdrawal

Associated Press  

KHERSON, Ukraine — A week since the southern Ukrainian city of Kherson was liberated, residents can’t escape reminders of the terrifying eight months they spent under Russian occupation. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy triumphantly walked the streets on Monday, hailing Russia’s withdrawal — a humiliating defeat for Russian President Vladimir Putin — as the “beginning of the end of the war.” …

Where’s Putin? Leader leaves bad news on Ukraine to others
2 years, 1 month ago

Where’s Putin? Leader leaves bad news on Ukraine to others

Associated Press  

TALLINN, Estonia — When Russia’s top military brass announced in a televised appearance that they were pulling troops out of the key city of Kherson in southern Ukraine, one man missing from the room was President Vladimir Putin. Putin personally hosted a pomp-filled Kremlin ceremony formalizing the moves in September, proclaiming that “people who live in Luhansk and Donetsk, Kherson …

Kherson’s newly liberated residents wonder: Who collaborated with the Russians?
2 years, 1 month ago

Kherson’s newly liberated residents wonder: Who collaborated with the Russians?

LA Times  

Now comes the reckoning. “We have our city back,” said Denys Bukhorin, wizened but grinning, as he stood in Kherson’s crowded central square with his teenage son, surveying the celebratory scene. “The Russians came and took him away, and we didn’t see him again,” said Bukhorin, 42, who was all but certain that someone living a few doors down had …

In newly liberated Kherson, Ukrainians celebrate but worry about what's next
2 years, 1 month ago

In newly liberated Kherson, Ukrainians celebrate but worry about what's next

The Hindu  

Under rainy skies, Ukrainian-controlled Kherson's central square was a frenetic melee on Thursday afternoon of humanitarian aid queues and displays of patriotic celebration tinged with uncertainty about the future. Russia last week pulled its troops out of a pocket on the west bank of the Dnipro River in Ukraine, which included Kherson, the only regional capital it had captured since …

'If there is a hell on earth...': Ukrainians describe horrors of Kherson occupation
2 years, 1 month ago

'If there is a hell on earth...': Ukrainians describe horrors of Kherson occupation

India Today  

Residents in Ukraine's southern city of Kherson call the two-storey police station "The Hole". "I hung on," the retired medical equipment repairman said as he recounted his ordeal in Russian detention two blocks from where he and his wife live in a tiny Soviet-era apartment. President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said two days later that investigators had uncovered more than 400 Russian …

Photos: Ukraine’s Kherson city after Russian forces retreat
2 years, 1 month ago

Photos: Ukraine’s Kherson city after Russian forces retreat

Al Jazeera  

Despite the destruction left behind by Russian forces who fled the Ukrainian city of Kherson and a pocket on the west bank of the Dnieper River, residents there said that they have not lost hope. Residents said departing Russian troops plundered the city, carting away loot as they withdrew, while media reported that retreating forces had blown up part of …

Kherson Diary: No power, no water but the joy just flows
2 years, 1 month ago

Kherson Diary: No power, no water but the joy just flows

Associated Press  

KHERSON, Ukraine — During the long, long months when Russian forces were in charge, the national flag was contraband. “The city was dead.” Kherson was the only provincial capital captured by Russia, seized in the invasion’s first weeks. The Dnieper’s wide waters now separate Ukraine’s troops, who fought their way for weeks toward Kherson, and its former Russian occupiers, who …

Latest on Ukraine: Russia's retreat from Kherson gives Ukraine renewed hope (Nov. 14)
2 years, 1 month ago

Latest on Ukraine: Russia's retreat from Kherson gives Ukraine renewed hope (Nov. 14)

NPR  

Latest on Ukraine: Russia's retreat from Kherson gives Ukraine renewed hope Enlarge this image toggle caption AFP/Getty Images AFP/Getty Images As the week begins, here's a look ahead and a roundup of key developments from the past week. What to watch this week Since Russia's retreat, Ukrainian forces have been working to restore utilities and provide basic needs for residents …

Kherson celebrates Russian exit yet faces huge rebuilding
2 years, 1 month ago

Kherson celebrates Russian exit yet faces huge rebuilding

Associated Press  

KHERSON, Ukraine — Residents of Kherson celebrated the end of Russia’s eight-month occupation for the third straight day Sunday, even as they took stock of the extensive damage left behind in the southern Ukrainian city by the Kremlin’s retreating forces. “The city was dead.” But even as locals rejoiced, the evidence of Russia’s ruthless occupation was all around, and Russian …

Ukraine vows to keep pushing Russia out after Kherson liberation
2 years, 1 month ago

Ukraine vows to keep pushing Russia out after Kherson liberation

The Hindu  

Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy vowed to keep pushing Russian forces out of his country after they withdrew from Kherson, leaving behind devastation, hunger and booby traps in the southern Ukrainian city. One Ukrainian official described the situation in Kherson as “a humanitarian catastrophe.” The remaining residents in the city are said to lack water, medicine and food. Moscow’s announcement that …

Police, media return to Kherson after Russian retreat
2 years, 1 month ago

Police, media return to Kherson after Russian retreat

Al Jazeera  

Ukrainian police officers have returned – along with TV and radio services – to the southern city of Kherson following the withdrawal of Russian troops. The Russian retreat represented a significant setback for the Kremlin some six weeks after President Vladimir Putin annexed the Kherson region and three other provinces in southern and eastern Ukraine – in breach of international …

Ukrainian police, broadcasts return to long-occupied city of Kherson
2 years, 1 month ago

Ukrainian police, broadcasts return to long-occupied city of Kherson

The Hindu  

Ukrainian police officers and TV and radio services returned Saturday to the southern city of Kherson following the withdrawal of Russian troops part of fast but cautious efforts to make the only regional capital captured by Moscow’s forces livable after more than eight months under occupation. “The occupiers and collaborators did everything possible so that those people who remained in …

Ukraine works to stabilize Kherson after Russian pullout
2 years, 1 month ago

Ukraine works to stabilize Kherson after Russian pullout

LA Times  

Ukrainian police officers returned Saturday, along with TV and radio services, to the southern city of Kherson following the withdrawal of Russian troops, part of fast but cautious efforts to make the only regional capital captured by Russia livable after months of occupation. “Water supplies are practically nonexistent.” The chairman of Khersonoblenergo, the region’s prewar power provider, said electricity was …

Jubilant Kherson residents hug liberating soldiers – but know Russians are still just over the river
2 years, 1 month ago

Jubilant Kherson residents hug liberating soldiers – but know Russians are still just over the river

CNN  

Kherson, Ukraine CNN — Once the scene of Russian occupation, the drive into newly liberated Kherson city was eerily quiet. The outskirts of the city, which had been occupied by Russian forces since March 3, were deserted, with no military presence except for a Ukrainian checkpoint around 5 miles outside of the city center, where half a dozen soldiers waved …

No water, power or internet – only euphoria in newly liberated Kherson
2 years, 1 month ago

No water, power or internet – only euphoria in newly liberated Kherson

CNN  

Kherson, Ukraine CNN — For eight months, residents of the Ukrainian city of Kherson have been living under brutal Russian occupation. Efforts to return the city to ‘normal life’ Ukrainian authorities are working to return the city to “normal life,” the head of the regional military administration, Yaroslav Yanushevich, said Saturday in a video message, adding that the city, oblast …

Zelenskyy says Ukrainian special military units in Kherson
2 years, 1 month ago

Zelenskyy says Ukrainian special military units in Kherson

Associated Press  

MYKOLAIV, Ukraine — Ukraine’s president said Friday that special military units have entered Kherson, a major regional capital that Russian forces had captured early in the war. A Ukrainian regional official, Serhii Khlan, disputed the Russian Defense Ministry’s claim that its 30,000 retreating troops took all 5,000 pieces of equipment with them, saying “a lot” of hardware got left behind. …

Russia says it has completed Kherson withdrawal
2 years, 1 month ago

Russia says it has completed Kherson withdrawal

The Hindu  

Moscow announced on November 11 that its forces had completed their withdrawal from the strategic Ukrainian city of Kherson, after Ukraine said it had reclaimed dozens of landmine-littered settlements abandoned by the Russians. The Russian defence ministry said it had finished the pullout of troops from the western bank of the Dnipro river, Russia’s state TASS news agency reported, just …

Ukrainian troops enter Kherson city after Russia retreats
2 years, 1 month ago

Ukrainian troops enter Kherson city after Russia retreats

NPR  

Ukrainian troops enter Kherson city after Russia retreats Enlarge this image toggle caption Valentyn Ogirenko/Reuters Valentyn Ogirenko/Reuters KYIV and MOSCOW — Ukrainian soldiers began entering Kherson on Friday after a Russian retreat from the strategic city, in a significant win for Ukraine. Putin has remained silent since his defense chief announced the last Russian troops had pulled out of Kherson …

Explained | Russia’s withdrawal from Kherson
2 years, 1 month ago

Explained | Russia’s withdrawal from Kherson

The Hindu  

The story so far: Ukraine’s defence and intelligence unit has reported on the withdrawal of Russian troops from Kherson but predicts it to be a delusion for a retreat. With Moscow capturing Crimea in 2014, the occupation of Kherson in March 2022 has benefited Russia in transferring its military from Crimea to counter Ukraine. Russia’s hold over Kherson since March …

Russia pulling out of Kherson, but why do Ukrainians not rush in?
2 years, 1 month ago

Russia pulling out of Kherson, but why do Ukrainians not rush in?

Al Jazeera  

Ukrainian officials and military analysts remain cautious after Russia announced withdrawal from the largest captured city. “Nowadays, it’s not easy.” He said the retreat from the largest Ukrainian city Russia had seized since the war began in late February was a move to save the lives of Russian servicemen amid difficulties to keep supply lines open. “We hit them with …

What are pro-Kremlin Russians saying about the ‘loss’ of Kherson?
2 years, 1 month ago

What are pro-Kremlin Russians saying about the ‘loss’ of Kherson?

Al Jazeera  

While some hawks accept the decision to withdraw, others are furious about the Russian military’s defeat. Despite Moscow’s proclamations that Kherson city would remain part of Russia forever, Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu has ordered a withdrawal across the Dnieper River, effectively surrendering it to the advancing Ukrainians. “After weighing all the pros and cons, General Surovikin made the difficult but …

Russia’s withdrawal from Ukraine’s Kherson city explained in maps
2 years, 1 month ago

Russia’s withdrawal from Ukraine’s Kherson city explained in maps

Al Jazeera  

Russian troops have been ordered to withdraw from the only Ukrainian regional capital seized throughout the war. Defence minister Sergei Shoigu on Wednesday announced Russia would pull out its troops from the southern Ukrainian city of Kherson, the first and only regional capital to be captured by Russian forces since they invaded Ukraine in late February. Russian forces gained control …

How will Russia’s withdrawal from Kherson unfold?
2 years, 1 month ago

How will Russia’s withdrawal from Kherson unfold?

Al Jazeera  

Kyiv is wary that Moscow’s announcement of a pullback may be a ruse, but the US says it sees signs of a retreat. Units were “manoeuvring to prepared position” on the eastern bank of the Dnieper River on Thursday, Russia’s defence ministry said, in “strict accordance” with the plan to pull back announced a day earlier. “Until the Ukrainian flag …

Russia abandons Ukrainian city of Kherson in major retreat
2 years, 1 month ago

Russia abandons Ukrainian city of Kherson in major retreat

India Today  

Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu on Wednesday ordered his troops to withdraw from the occupied Ukrainian city of Kherson and take up defensive lines on the opposite bank of the River Dnipro. The announcement marked one of Russia's most significant retreats and a potential turning point in the war, now nearing the end of its ninth month. In televised comments, …

Ukraine says Russian troops loot, occupy Kherson homes in civilian clothes as battle looms
2 years, 1 month ago

Ukraine says Russian troops loot, occupy Kherson homes in civilian clothes as battle looms

ABC  

Ukraine has accused Russia of looting empty homes in the city of Kherson and occupying them with troops in civilian clothes to prepare for street fighting in what both sides predict will be one of the war's most important battles. Key points: Kyiv describes the evacuation of Kherson as forced deportation, as Russia says it's for the safety of residents …

Ukraine says Russian forces looting, occupying homes in Kherson
2 years, 1 month ago

Ukraine says Russian forces looting, occupying homes in Kherson

Al Jazeera  

Russia has ordered civilians out of Kherson in anticipation of a Ukrainian assault to recapture the southern city. Ukraine has accused Russia of looting empty homes in the southern city of Kherson and occupying them with troops in civilian clothes to prepare for street fighting ahead against Kyiv’s army. “While Kherson residents are being forcibly deported from their homes, talking …

Putin endorses evacuation of Ukraine’s Kherson region
2 years, 1 month ago

Putin endorses evacuation of Ukraine’s Kherson region

Al Jazeera  

Russia could be preparing to withdraw from parts of the Kherson region, which it claims to have annexed. Russian President Vladimir Putin has publicly endorsed the evacuation of civilians from parts of Ukraine’s southern Kherson region, amid conflicting reports of a curfew being imposed in the Russian-controlled area. Russia could be preparing to abandon its military foothold on the west …

Russian soldiers are reported to be taking over Ukrainians’ homes in Kherson
2 years, 1 month ago

Russian soldiers are reported to be taking over Ukrainians’ homes in Kherson

LA Times  

Kateryna, 36, a kitchen worker at the Puscha Vodytsia maternity hospital, looks for clothes at a distribution space in the village of Moshun, outside Kyiv, Ukraine, on Friday. Russian soldiers are forcing Ukrainian civilians from their apartments in the occupied capital of the Kherson region and moving in themselves, a resident said Friday as the southern city became a growing …

Russia said to be clearing Kherson’s hospitals amid Ukraine’s advance
2 years, 1 month ago

Russia said to be clearing Kherson’s hospitals amid Ukraine’s advance

The Hindu  

Russian troops moved large numbers of sick and wounded comrades from hospitals in southern Ukraine's Kherson region, Ukrainian military officials reported Saturday as their forces fought to retake a province overrun by invading soldiers early in the war. In the northeastern Kharkiv region, where Russia's troops retreated last month and Ukrainian troops clawed back broad swaths of territory, Russian shelling …

‘Too loud to be true’: Is Russia setting a trap in Kherson?
2 years, 1 month ago

‘Too loud to be true’: Is Russia setting a trap in Kherson?

Al Jazeera  

Ukrainian troops are expected to make a bid for Kherson, one of four partially occupied provinces Russia annexed. “The evacuation of civilian residents from the right bank to the left one is all preparations and propaganda tricks,” Ihor Romanenko, former deputy chief of Ukraine’s general staff of armed forces, told Al Jazeera. Pro-Moscow figures claim that Russia’s recent decision to …

Russia-backed official says Kherson civilian departures completed
2 years, 1 month ago

Russia-backed official says Kherson civilian departures completed

Al Jazeera  

Experts say the looming battle for Kherson city will determine whether Ukraine can loosen Russia’s grip on the south. The head of Russian-annexed Crimea has announced the completion of civilian departures organised by Russia’s forces in the occupied Kherson region, in southern Ukraine, amid a counteroffensive by the Ukrainian army. “The work to organise residents leaving the left side of …

Ukraine attacks Russia’s hold on southern city of Kherson
2 years, 1 month ago

Ukraine attacks Russia’s hold on southern city of Kherson

Associated Press  

KYIV, Ukraine — Ukrainian forces attacked Russia’s hold on the southern city of Kherson on Thursday while fighting intensified in the country’s east. Meanwhile, Russia warned that Moscow could target Western commercial satellites used for military purposes in support of Ukraine, and a Foreign Ministry spokeswoman accused the United States of pursuing “thoughtless and mad” escalation. “This is an information …

Russian-installed officials flee Ukraine’s Kherson amid heavy fighting in south and east
2 years, 1 month ago

Russian-installed officials flee Ukraine’s Kherson amid heavy fighting in south and east

LA Times  

A man examines what remains of his car Thursday after an overnight Russian attack on the Ukrainian city of Kramatorsk. Russian-appointed authorities have fled the capital of southern Ukraine’s Kherson region along with tens of thousands of residents as Ukrainian forces pressed their campaign to recapture the city Thursday. Amid the battles, Moscow issued a warning that the U.S. could …

Russian-installed Kherson authorities create local militia
2 years, 2 months ago

Russian-installed Kherson authorities create local militia

The Hindu  

The Russian-installed administration of Ukraine's Kherson region said on October 24 it was organising some local men into militia units. In a notice on Telegram, the occupation authorities said men had the "opportunity" to join territorial defence units if they chose to remain in Kherson of their own free will. Russian President Vladimir Putin last week declared martial law in …

What would a Russian retreat from Kherson in southern Ukraine mean?
2 years, 2 months ago

What would a Russian retreat from Kherson in southern Ukraine mean?

LA Times  

Ukrainian forces pressing an offensive in the south have zeroed in on Kherson, a provincial capital that has been under Russian control since the early days of the invasion. A retreat from Kherson and other areas on the Dnieper’s west bank would shatter Russian hopes to press an offensive west to Mykolaiv and Odesa to cut off Ukraine’s access to …

Russian-installed authorities order evacuation of Kherson as Ukraine readies to retake city
2 years, 2 months ago

Russian-installed authorities order evacuation of Kherson as Ukraine readies to retake city

ABC  

Russian-installed authorities in Ukraine have told all residents of Kherson to leave "immediately" ahead of an expected advance by Ukrainian troops waging a counteroffensive to recapture one of the first urban areas Russia took after invading the country. Key points: Pro-Kremlin officials called on civilians to use boat crossings over a major river to move deeper into Russian-held territory Ukrainian …

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