The Latest Breaking News from Kherson

Ukraine recap: bad news from the battlefield for Putin, renewed nuclear threats from Russia

Vladimir Putin had barely finished his speech last Friday welcoming four new regions into Mother Russia, when his mouthpiece, Kremlin press secretary Dmitry Peskov admitted that they didn’t actually know where the borders of these regions were. “We will clarify everything today,” he said, when quizzed as to whether Russia…

The Conversation · Oct 6, 2022

‘We’ll see if our house is still there’: civilians follow Ukrainian forces south

As troops push Russians back towards the Dnipro River, former residents wait for routes to be cleared of mines

The Guardian - UK · Oct 6, 2022

Russia-Ukraine war latest: what we know on day 225 of the invasion

Missile strike on Zaporizhzhia residential buildings; Putin appears to admit severe losses in Ukraine; IAEA chief heads to Kyiv

The Guardian - AU · Oct 6, 2022

Volodymyr Zelensky says Russia has ‘already lost’ as Ukraine ‘could reclaim Crimea’

The US says there is now a ‘distinct possibility’ of Ukraine reclaiming Crimea, which Russia annexed in 2014

Evening Standard · Oct 6, 2022

Russian rockets slam into Ukrainian city near nuclear plant

A regional leader says seven Russian rockets have slammed into residential buildings in the southern Ukrainian city of Zaporizhzhia, killing two people and trapping at least five in the city close to Europe’s biggest nuclear power plant

The Independent UK · Oct 6, 2022

Russia-Ukraine war: Putin must lose or he will invade other European countries, Zelenskiy says – as it happened

Ukraine’s president makes comments during address to other European leaders

The Guardian - UK · Oct 6, 2022

Rapidly advancing Ukraine troops 'could retake Crimea' from floundering Russia

Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky said troops had taken three more villages near Kherson as they continue to push back Russian forces and a US officer said taking Crimea is a possibility

Daily Mirror · Oct 6, 2022

Russia ‘suffered heavy losses and evacuating wounded’ from Kherson and Luhansk, Ukraine claims

It is also claimed Vladimir Putin recruited more than 650 prisoners from a high-security jail

Evening Standard · Oct 5, 2022

Ukraine takes swaths of territory, despite Russia’s mobilisation

In week 32 of the war, Kyiv makes more advances in the east and south while Moscow pulls back forces from Crimea.

Al Jazeera · Oct 5, 2022

Attempts to play down retreats in Ukraine no longer wash inside Russia

War’s supporters turn up criticism of Kremlin and military leaders as failures spill on to TV screens at home

The Guardian - UK · Oct 5, 2022