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Russia shells regional HQ in Kherson central square, Ukraine says

Russian forces firing multiple rocket launchers hit the regional administration building on the central square of the recently liberated southern Ukrainian city of Kherson on Wednesday, a senior Ukrainian official.

Reuters

Ukrainian farmers in Kherson region grapple with aftermath of Russian occupation

Russia's invasion of Ukraine and occupation of much of its most fertile land, in the southern regions of Mykolaiv and Kherson, has been catastrophic for the country's agriculture. Back in April, our correspondent Gulliver Cragg met one of the many farmers whose land had fallen under Russian control. Along with…

France 24

Russia-Ukraine war at a glance: what we know on day 293 of the invasion

Zelenskiy makes plea for generators to beat winter as more than €1bn is raised to support Ukraine

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Second senior Russian-appointed Kherson official injured in his car

A Russian-appointed deputy governor of Ukraine's Kherson region, Vitaly Bulyuk, was injured on Monday when his car exploded, Russia's Interfax news agency reported, citing the occupation administration's health minister.

Reuters

Ukraine: Electricians fight to restore power to villages in Mykolaiv and Kherson

As the temperature drops below freezing in Ukraine, Russia has launched wave after wave of missile attacks on the country's energy infrastructure in a bid to destroy morale and force the Ukrainians to sue for peace. FRANCE 24 correspondents Robert Parsons, Pauline Godart and Raid Abu Zaideh report from the…

France 24

Two killed in 'massive' Russian shelling of Ukraine's Kherson - governor

At least two people were killed and five wounded in the southern Ukrainian city of Kherson on Monday after what the regional governor said was "massive shelling" by Russian forces.

Reuters

UN Aid Chief to Visit Kherson on Ukraine Trip amid Power Outages

UN aid chief Martin Griffiths arrived in Ukraine on a four-day trip on Monday as officials raced to repair energy facilities hit by Russian air strikes that have caused winter power outages. The under-secretary-general for humanitarian affairs and emergency relief coordinator will visit the southern city of Mykolaiv as well…

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UN aid chief to visit Kherson on Ukraine trip amid power outages

U.N. aid chief Martin Griffiths arrived in Ukraine on a four-day trip on Monday as officials raced to repair energy facilities hit by Russian air strikes that have caused winter power outages.

Reuters

The battle for Bakhmut: Ukrainian city's last residents survive under artillery fire

Battle is raging in Bakhmut. The city is currently the most active and violent front line in the war for Ukraine. After a string of defeats in Kharkiv and Kherson, the Russian army is scrambling to make gains, pouring soldiers and Wagner mercenaries into Bakhmut. FRANCE 24's reporters James André…

France 24

International legal experts assist Ukraine in sexual violence investigation

An international team of legal advisers has been working with local prosecutors in Ukraine's recaptured city of Kherson in recent days as they began gathering evidence of alleged sexual crimes by Russian forces as part of a full-scale investigation.

Reuters

He was tortured by Russia – now he’s getting his revenge

They are responsible for ambushes, destroying infrastructure and even, allegedly, assassinations. In Kharkiv, Balakiya and Izyum, Bel Trew meets the ordinary citizens who have become the secret weapon in the fight against Putin

The Independent UK

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

Sunday marks exactly one month since Russia’s troops withdrew from Kherson and its vicinity after an eight-month occupation, sparking jubilation across Ukraine

The Independent UK

Russian-installed Kherson official says withdrawing hryvnia from circulation in January

The Russian-installed administration of Ukraine's Kherson region said on Saturday that it had begun changing locally circulated Ukrainian hryvnia currency into Russian roubles, with hryvnia circulation in Moscow-controlled areas of the region to end on Jan. 1.

Reuters

Kremlin: Russia Has No Current Plans to Annex More Ukrainian Territories

The Kremlin said on Thursday that Russia doesn’t plan on annexing more territories in its war against Ukraine. "There is no question of that. But there is nevertheless a lot of work ahead to liberate the territories; in a number of new regions of the Russian Federation there are occupied…

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Russia still set on ‘liberating’ annexed portions of Ukraine, says Kremlin

Russia says there is ‘a lot of work ahead’ to liberate the territories of Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia

Reuters

Ukrainians brave return to former frontline village after Russian retreat

When Russian forces advanced in the middle of last winter, the villagers of Posad-Pokrovske began to flee, joining compatriots from across the southern Ukrainian province of Kherson in a mass westward exodus.

Reuters

Kremlin appears to scale back its ambitions in Ukraine

Russia said on Thursday that it was still set on securing at least the bulk of the parts of east and south Ukraine that it has claimed as its own, but appeared to give up on seizing other areas in the west and northeast that Ukraine has recaptured.

Reuters

Kremlin: Russia plans to 'liberate' parts of Ukraine that Moscow annexed

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‘It has been machine guns lately’: fighting intensifies in southern Kherson

Opposing forces now face each other across narrow part of Dnipro River as Kyiv tries to keep Russians on the retreat

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Russian troops' poor performance and low morale may worsen during a winter of more discontent

With Russian troops digging trenches to prepare for an expected winter standoff, it would be easy to conclude that fighting will slow in Ukraine until after the ground thaws in the spring.

The Independent UK

Ukraine news – live: Russia will defend its interests using all available means, says Putin

He added that Russia’s “special military operation” could be a “long process”.

The Guardian - UK

US man ‘trapped’ in Russian-controlled Donetsk despite release from prison

Exclusive: Suedi Murekezi, detained in Ukraine in June by Russian proxy forces, says lack of ID papers means he can’t leave city

Reuters

Ukrainian officials search for evidence of Russian war crimes

Tamila Pehyda, a retired school teacher, looked on in tears as gravediggers exhumed her husband's remains and a forensic pathologist examined them to establish the cause of death.

The Guardian - UK

Kit and morale may prove decisive as Ukraine war enters winter phase

With temperatures expected to plummet to -20C or lower, Russian troops could be most vulnerable

France 24

In occupied Kherson, ‘the Russians were destroying all books in Ukrainian’

During the Russian occupation of Kherson, only one third of schools remained open in the southern Ukrainian city. Many teachers refused to work as all teaching had to be done in Russian. FRANCE 24’s reporters spoke to Tatyana, one of many teachers yearning to return to school, despite daily Russian…

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