Kherson News

Almost two million people in Russia and occupied Ukraine were left without power on Monday, after hurricane force winds and heavy rains cut electricity lines and caused widespread flooding.

On an icy morning in southern Ukraine, football coach Vyacheslav Rol shouts to his team over the sound of distant explosions: "Everybody on the bus!"

A leading Russian politician and supporter of President Vladimir Putin has denied a report that he adopted an infant who had been forcibly taken from an orphanage in Ukraine.

Russia said on Tuesday it fended off Ukraine's attempts to get to the occupied eastern bank of the southern Kherson region, and claimed Kyiv's army had suffered "colossal losses".

Ukraine's Marine Corp said Friday that their forces had carried out a series of attacks on the Russian-occupied east bank of the Dnipro river near the southern city of Kherson.

Russian shelling in and around the southern Ukrainian city of Kherson has killed two people and injured at least five others, the region's governor said Thursday.

A missile targeted Kyiv on Saturday without causing casualties but ending nearly two months of relative calm in the Ukrainian capital, while frontline regions fended off waves of drone attacks overnight.

According to Ukrainian officials, 97 orphans were kidnapped by the Russian military as they evacuated the Kherson region. Child kidnapping is a serious violation of the rules of war.

A heart-touching video of a grandmother crying with joy at the sight of her grandson, a Ukrainian soldier, is going viral on social media.

Russia ordered its troops to leave Ukraine's Kherson in a setback for President Vladimir Putin.

US President Joe Biden's comments came hours after Russia announced it was withdrawing from Kherson.

Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu ordered his troops to withdraw from the west bank of the Dnipro River near the strategic southern Ukrainian city of Kherson, a significant setback for Moscow and potential turning point in the war.

Russian President Vladimir Putin said today that civilians in the Ukrainian region of Kherson which Russia declared it had annexed in September must be evacuated from the conflict zone, state-owned news agency RIA reported.

Russia said Friday that 300,000 reservists have been called up, with Moscow fighting to turn the tide after defeats in Ukraine have left the key southern city of Kherson in Kyiv's sights.

At least 70,000 people have left their homes in Ukraine's southern Kherson province in the space of a week.

Almost two million people in Russia and occupied Ukraine were left without power on Monday, after hurricane force winds and heavy rains cut electricity lines and caused widespread flooding.

On an icy morning in southern Ukraine, football coach Vyacheslav Rol shouts to his team over the sound of distant explosions: "Everybody on the bus!"

A leading Russian politician and supporter of President Vladimir Putin has denied a report that he adopted an infant who had been forcibly taken from an orphanage in Ukraine.

Russia said on Tuesday it fended off Ukraine's attempts to get to the occupied eastern bank of the southern Kherson region, and claimed Kyiv's army had suffered "colossal losses".

Ukraine's Marine Corp said Friday that their forces had carried out a series of attacks on the Russian-occupied east bank of the Dnipro river near the southern city of Kherson.

Russian shelling in and around the southern Ukrainian city of Kherson has killed two people and injured at least five others, the region's governor said Thursday.

A missile targeted Kyiv on Saturday without causing casualties but ending nearly two months of relative calm in the Ukrainian capital, while frontline regions fended off waves of drone attacks overnight.

According to Ukrainian officials, 97 orphans were kidnapped by the Russian military as they evacuated the Kherson region. Child kidnapping is a serious violation of the rules of war.

A heart-touching video of a grandmother crying with joy at the sight of her grandson, a Ukrainian soldier, is going viral on social media.

Russia ordered its troops to leave Ukraine's Kherson in a setback for President Vladimir Putin.

US President Joe Biden's comments came hours after Russia announced it was withdrawing from Kherson.

Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu ordered his troops to withdraw from the west bank of the Dnipro River near the strategic southern Ukrainian city of Kherson, a significant setback for Moscow and potential turning point in the war.

Russian President Vladimir Putin said today that civilians in the Ukrainian region of Kherson which Russia declared it had annexed in September must be evacuated from the conflict zone, state-owned news agency RIA reported.

Russia said Friday that 300,000 reservists have been called up, with Moscow fighting to turn the tide after defeats in Ukraine have left the key southern city of Kherson in Kyiv's sights.

At least 70,000 people have left their homes in Ukraine's southern Kherson province in the space of a week.