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‘We were lucky to escape’: Kherson diarists tell of their flight from Russians

Their dispatches in the Observer revealed the reality of life in the occupied city. Now the two female journalists are safe in England but want to continue their work

The Guardian - UK

Pro-Moscow Kherson official sees decision 'towards next year' on joining Russia

A senior pro-Russian official in the occupied Ukrainian region of Kherson told Reuters on Saturday that nearby fighting could affect the timing of its formal bid to join Russia and a decision was likely "towards next year".

Reuters

Ukrainians question the ease of Russian capture of Kherson

Many civilians in Kherson say key civilian and military officials ‘surrendered’ the region and that they feel abandoned.

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Russia is strengthening defensive positions in Kherson region -governor

Russian forces are fortifying their defensive positions in Ukraine's Kherson region, which lies just north of Crimea, while shelling Ukraine-controlled areas on a daily basis, the region's Ukrainian governor Hennadiy Laguta told a media briefing on Friday.

Reuters

Russia fast-tracks citizenship to residents in southern Ukraine

Putin signs decree accelerating process for residents in southern regions to acquire Russian passports and citizenship.

Al Jazeera

Russia offers fast-track citizenship to residents of occupied Ukraine

President Vladimir Putin signed a decree on Wednesday simplifying the process for residents of Ukraine's Russian-occupied Kherson and Zaporizhzhia regions to acquire Russian citizenship and passports.

Reuters

As fighting rages in Ukraine’s east, the EU pledges more aid

Ukrainian official says Russia’s invasion enters its ‘most active phase’ as battles rage in the country’s east.

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Russia may set up military base in Ukraine's Kherson region - RIA

The Russia-appointed administration of Ukraine's Kherson region will ask Moscow to set up a military base on its territory, Russia's RIA news agency quoted a local government official as saying on Tuesday.

Reuters

Ukraine latest: Ukraine says Donbas region completely destroyed, US supports Nordic push to join NATO

Volodymyr Zelenskyy accuses Russian forces of attempting to kill as many Ukrainians and do as much damage as possible, repeating his charge that Russia was carrying out a genocide.

ABC News

VIDEO: War In Ukraine: Russia Claims 265 Azov Fighters Surrender At Azovstal Plant

This is the moment 265 Ukrainian fighters of the Azov Battalion allegedly surrender at the besieged Azovstal plant as over 50 were in need of urgent medical attention.

Zenger

Ukrainian FM: ‘100% we will win, and Russia will be defeated’

Al Jazeera speaks to Ukrainian foreign minister Dmytro Kuleba on NATO, diplomacy and how he thinks the war will end.

Al Jazeera

Kherson: Breakaway referendum in Russian-controlled port city would ‘almost certainly’ be rigged, UK warns

The Kremlin-imposed military-civilian administration in the key southern city has announced it will request annexation of the Kherson region by Russia

Evening Standard

Moscow-administered Kherson to ask to be included in Russia, UK says

The Russian-imposed military-civilian administration in Ukraine's Kherson region said it will ask Russia to include it in the Russian federation, British defence ministry said on Saturday.

Reuters

Duma deputy head visits Ukraine's Russian-occupied Kherson - RIA

Senior Russian lawmaker Anna Kuznetsova visited the Russian-occupied region of Kherson in Ukraine to discuss social and healthcare needs of the local population, the state RIA news agency reported on Saturday.

Reuters

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Daily Mirror

Vladimir Putin's new 'puppet governor' is YouTuber who swung BABY around his head

Kirill Stremousov, who was previously filmed throwing his infant daughter around by her limbs "to make her strong", has been appointed one of the governors of occupied Kherson

ABC News

In Ukrainian cities occupied by Russia, residents endure unemployment, food shortages and live in constant fear for their safety

Residents of the cities taken and held by the invading forces reveal what life is like under Russian occupation, where the supermarket shelves are bare and masked foreign soldiers roam the streets.

Reuters

In epic detour via Russia, Ukrainians skirt war front to flee to EU

When Pavel fled his home region of Kherson in southern Ukraine he set his sights on reaching Portugal, where his sister-in-law lives - but like increasing numbers of his compatriots escaping the war, he took the long way round.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Ukraine to Hold First War Crimes Trial as Moscow Says Kyiv Shelled Russian City

Ukraine announced it will hold its first war crimes trial over the Russian invasion, as Moscow accused Kyiv of shelling a Russian city in the war's latest flashpoint. The conflict has devastated cities and displaced millions, with fears also growing of its broader international impact as gas supplies to Europe…

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The Independent UK

Ukraine offers to swap prisoners for hurt Mariupol fighters

Ukraine offered to release Russian prisoners of war in exchange for the safe evacuation of the badly injured fighters trapped inside a steel mill in the ruined city of Mariupol

The Guardian - AU

Russia-Ukraine war: what we know on day 78 of the invasion

Finland ditches decades of non-alignment in plan to join Nato; UN says 1,000 bodies recovered in Kyiv area

Asharq Al-Awsat

Ukraine Cuts Russia Gas at 1 Hub, Underlining Risk to Supply

Ukraine shut down a pipeline Wednesday that carries Russian natural gas to homes and industries in Western Europe, while a Kremlin-installed official in a southern region seized by Russian troops said the area will ask Moscow to annex it. The talk of annexation in Kherson - and Russia's apparent willingness…

The Guardian - UK

Kherson’s military administrators to call for Russian annexation

Unclear if Kremlin will agree to annex captured Ukrainian territory or use threat to put pressure on Kyiv

Reuters

Pro-Moscow leaders of Ukraine's occupied Kherson seek to join Russia - TASS

The Russian-occupied region of Kherson in Ukraine plans to ask President Vladimir Putin to incorporate it into Russia by the end of the year, TASS news agency reported on Wednesday, citing an official from the Russian-controlled administration there.

Reuters

Kremlin says it's up to people of occupied Ukraine region to decide whether to join Russia

The Kremlin said on Wednesday it was up to residents living in the Russian-occupied region of Kherson in southern Ukraine to decide whether they wanted to join Russia, but any such decision must have a clear legal basis.

France 24

In Ukraine’s Kherson region, civilians flee Russian-held territory on foot

A large swath of southern Ukraine is currently under Russian control, including most of the Kherson region, where Russian forces are preventing civilians from leaving the area. Yet thousands have been making the journey, fraught with risk, to get out. Our correspondent Gulliver Cragg sent this report from Ukrainian-held territory…

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