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Air Defenses Activated in Crimea, Two Drones Shot Down

Russian air defenses were activated on Tuesday in the city of Sevastopol in Crimea, which Russia annexed from Ukraine in 2014, and two drones were shot down, the regional governor said in a statement, urging people to keep calm. Sevastopol is the headquarters of Russia's Black Sea fleet. Russia blamed…

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In Crimea, two drone attacks repelled, Russian-installed official says

Russian air defences on Tuesday repelled two drone attacks in Crimea, annexed from Ukraine in 2014, including one attack targeting a power station, the regional governor said in a statement.

Reuters

Buoyed by southern success, Ukraine revives long-shot dream of retaking Crimea

ODESA, Ukraine — Beneath a chill, low-lying fog, the Black Sea has gone winter-gray. The craggy coast of Crimea, illegally seized from Ukraine by Russia nearly nine years ago, lies far from this southern stretch of seashore — yet, to many here, the strategic peninsula suddenly seems tantalizingly close.

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Loss and liberation: Escape from Russia-occupied Kherson

A Ukrainian mother shares her story of fleeing with her daughter, but aches to return one day.

Al Jazeera

What are Russia and Ukraine’s military options for this winter?

As temperatures slowly sink, the nature of the fighting will change sharply for both countries’ troops.

Al Jazeera

Ukrainian official says scale of torture in Kherson is ‘horrific’ and claims people have been electrocuted – as it happened

Authorities claim to have found ‘torture chambers’ in liberated southern Ukrainian city

The Guardian - AU

Ukraine: Where next after fight to take Kherson?

The recovery of the city of Kherson is the third big victory for the Ukrainian armed forces in three months: first, the reconquest of all of Kharkiv Oblast in September, then the partial destruction of the Kerch Strait Bridge linking Crimea with Russia in October, and now the liberation of…

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Here's a look at what has been happening as Russian forces withdraw from Kherson and why the city is so important for Moscow and Kyiv

The months-long Ukrainian offensive to recapture the city of Kherson, the only provincial capital that had been under Russian control since the early days of the invasion, leads to the retreat of Moscow's forces. Here's a look at what has been happening and why both sides want control of the…

ABC News

How far are Ukraine and Russia from negotiations?

Talks are a distant prospect, experts warn, as battlefield realities and winter will dictate the strategic calculus.

Al Jazeera

Explainer-Why Ukraine's southern Kherson region is a strategic prize

Ukrainian troops were greeted by joyous residents in the centre of Kherson on Friday after Russia abandoned the only regional capital it had captured since its invasion in February.

Reuters

EXPLAINER: How important is a Russian retreat from Kherson?

Ukrainian officials say flags are appearing “en masse and all over the place” in the wake of Russia’s retreat from the southern region of Kherson

The Independent UK

Friday briefing: Russia’s retreat from Kherson may prove a pivotal win for Ukraine

In today’s newsletter: The decision to pull troops from the regional capital is a tactical and moral win for Ukraine – what now?

The Guardian - UK

Ukrainians celebrate soldiers retaking Kherson, Russia's latest defeat

Jubilant residents welcomed Ukrainian troops arriving in the centre of Kherson on Friday after Russia abandoned the only regional capital it had captured since its invasion began in February.

Reuters

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

Russian troops have been ordered to withdraw from the only Ukrainian regional capital seized throughout the war.

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The Conversation

Why Putin’s retreat from Kherson could be his most humiliating defeat yet

Life, as the saying goes, is coming at Vladimir Putin fast. Having gleefully announced the annexation of four regions of Ukraine barely more than a month ago – even as his army retreated within them – the Kremlin now says it’s withdrawing from the only regional capital city it had…

Reuters

Explainer-Why Ukraine's southern Kherson region is a strategic prize

Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu on Wednesday ordered his troops to withdraw from the west bank of the Dnipro River in the face of Ukrainian attacks near the southern city of Kherson, in a potential turning point in the war.

Evening Standard

Crimea bridge repairs ‘will disrupt Russian supplies until September 2023’

Repair work is expected to disrupt traffic until March next year

ABC News

Why the battle for Kherson is so significant to a desperate Vladimir Putin

As Ukraine gains ground and pushes Russian forces back, one city looms large as key to its victory. Kherson is the last regional capital under Russian control, losing it would be a blow to Vladimir Putin.

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Reuters

Ukrainian forces brace for bloody fight for Kherson

Oleh, the commander of a Ukrainian mechanized infantry unit dug into trenches west of Kherson, is confident his Russian foes will be forced to abandon the strategic port by winter weather, logistical logjams and the threat of encirclement.

Reuters

Kyiv residents snap up new stamp celebrating Crimean bridge blast

Residents in the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv on Friday snapped up a new postage stamp commemorating a blast that damaged a major bridge linking Russia to Crimea in a blow to the prestige of Russian President Vladimir Putin.

The Guardian - UK

Ukraine issues Crimean Bridge strike stamp on Russia’s Unity Day

Postal service follows up April’s limited edition stamp celebrating attack on Russian flagship Moskva

Reuters

Russia protests to British ambassador over drone strike on Crimea

Russia's Foreign Ministry said on Thursday that it had delivered a protest to the British ambassador after summoning her over the alleged involvement of British specialists in a Ukrainian drone strike on Russia's Black Sea Fleet in Crimea last weekend.

France 24

Exploding, low-tech boats churn up Russia’s Black Sea interests and standing

Small, kayak-shaped boats fitted with cameras, tracking devices and jet-ski motors were employed to attack Russia’s Black Sea Fleet in the annexed Crimean port of Sevastopol over the weekend. It led to Moscow’s withdrawal from a landmark grain shipment deal, followed by a humiliating re-entry in a dramatic display of…

Al Jazeera

Russia sparks global food crisis fears, again, as war grinds on

In the 36th week of war in Ukraine, a grain export deal was threatened after an alleged attack in Crimea.

The Independent UK

Ukraine-Russia news - live: Moscow commanders ‘fleeing Kherson, leaving troops under attack’

Western experts say Russians running short of munitions, even buying supplies from North Korea

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