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Russian-controlled region of Ukraine will start using rouble, official says -RIA

Ukraine's southern Kherson region will start using the Russian rouble from May 1, an official from a pro-Russian committee which styles itself as the region's "military-civil administration" told Russian news agency RIA.

Reuters

Occupied Ukrainian city fears sham Russian referendum plans

While the world’s attention has focused on the fighting around Ukraine’s capital and the east, Russia swiftly captured and has held onto swaths of the country’s southern territory for two months

The Independent UK

Occupied Ukraine region of Kherson will be forced to 'adopt Russian money'

Russian state news agency RIA-Novosti claims that the captured region of Kerson will be made to use the Russian ruble currency from the start of May with a four-month transition period

Daily Mirror

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Powerful explosions rock centre of Ukraine city occupied by Russians -RIA news agency

A number of rockets hit the centre of the southern Ukrainian city of Kherson on Wednesday, producing a series of explosions, RIA news agency said.

Reuters

Russian forces disperse pro-Ukraine rally, tighten control in occupied Kherson

Russian forces used tear gas and stun grenades to disperse a pro-Ukraine rally in the occupied city of Kherson on Wednesday, Ukraine's Prosecutor General said, as Moscow tightened its grip over the southern Ukrainian region.

Reuters

Video: Russian bombardments leave Mykolaiv residents without water supply

The southern Ukrainian city of Mykolaiv has been without water supply since Russia seized control of most of the Kherson region to the southeast. Mykolaiv got most of its water from Kherson, but the war has left local infrastructure in ruins and residents are struggling to cope. FRANCE 24's Luke…

France 24

Russia says it has liberated Kherson region in southern Ukraine -Interfax

Russia's defence ministry on Tuesday said its forces had liberated the entire Kherson region in the south of Ukraine, Interfax news agency said.

Reuters

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Hundreds of seafarers are still stranded in Ukraine waters – the legal rights of this profession are barely up to standard

While the world’s eyes have been on civilian casualties, forced displacement and potential war crimes on Ukrainian land, the plight of hundreds of seafarers trapped in commercial ships for the past several months has gone mostly unnoticed. They have been stranded in the main Ukrainian ports of Mariupol, Kherson and…

The Conversation

Russia-Ukraine war: what we know on day 61 of the invasion

After Kyiv meeting, US secretary of state says ‘Russia is failing’ while defence secretary insists Ukraine ‘can win’

The Guardian - UK

Back in the USSR: Lenin statues and Soviet flags reappear in Russian-controlled cities

Colonisation appears to have superseded ‘denazification’ in Putin’s military goals for eastern Ukraine

The Guardian - UK

Ukrainian woman 'finds bomb in milk carton' given as food aid by Russian troops

Russian troops are being accused of attaching a bomb to a carton of milk which was given amongst other food aid to the devastated city of Kherson in southern Ukraine

Daily Mirror

First Thing: Russia to stage sham referendum in south Ukraine, says Zelenskiy

Ukrainian leader tells residents in Kherson and Zaporizhzhia not to give personal information to Russian forces. Plus, 350,000 fewer American kindergarteners vaccinated against common diseases

The Guardian - UK

Russia-Ukraine war latest: UN secretary general set to meet Putin and Zelenskiy – as it happened

Invasion of Ukraine ‘intended only as a beginning’, president says, as Moldova summons Russian ambassador over military commander’s comments on breakaway region

The Guardian - UK

UN Chief Calls for Four-Day Humanitarian Pause in Fighting in Ukraine

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Tuesday called for a four-day Orthodox Easter humanitarian pause in fighting in Ukraine to allow for the safe passage of civilians to leave areas of conflict and the delivery of humanitarian aid to hard-hit areas. Guterres said the United Nations was submitting detailed plans to…

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President Zelensky calls for quicker sanctions from West and outlines Donbas fears - full speech in English

He was speaking on the 53rd day of the Russian invasion of his country

The Guardian - UK

‘I feel really lost but not lonely’: a Kherson mother’s diary of flight from a war zone

Olha escaped the Russian occupation of her home city. This is her account of her family’s journey through Europe

Reuters

Powerful blasts heard in Ukraine's Kyiv, Kherson -local media

Powerful explosions were heard in the early hours on Friday in Ukraine's capital, Kyiv, and the southern city of Kherson, local media reported.

ABC News

Korean Ukrainians refuse to become 'Russian prisoners' again

Fighting against Russia's invasion means more than independence for many Korean Ukrainians, whose ancestors were deported by Joseph Stalin to Central Asia.

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Dolphins Bring Joy to Ukrainian Children Fleeing War

A dolphin show has provided some much-needed respite from the horrors of war for several dozen Ukrainians, many of them children, fleeing the heavily bombarded city of Kherson. For an hour or so, the refugees were able to set aside their cares and enjoy the spectacle of the dolphins leaping,…

Reuters

Dolphins bring joy to Ukrainian children fleeing war

A dolphin show has provided some much-needed respite from the horrors of war for several dozen Ukrainians, many of them children, fleeing the heavily bombarded city of Kherson.

Los Angeles Times

Ukrainians flee as Russian troops converge on the east and south

MYKOLAIV, Ukraine — The Ukrainian military stiffened defenses Sunday against Russian assaults in the east and south as civilians continued to flee the country in vast numbers and the nation’s president framed the war as an existential threat to all of European democracy.

The Guardian - US

New Russian war chief will bring more brutality in Ukraine, US warns

Moscow promotes Alexander Dvornikov, who led Russian troops in Syria, as it regroups for Donbas battle

Miami Herald

Putin calls them ‘gnats.’ But war back home strengthens ties of a South Florida community

MIAMI — Ukrainian Olena Doronina and Russian Alexandra Ignatkina huddled over their cellphones to watch videos sent by Doronina’s son and siblings, who are trapped in Kherson, a Black Sea port city in the south of Ukraine occupied by Russian soldiers.

Zenger

Ticket Out: Laughing Ukrainian Troops Destroy Tank As Traffic Penalty

Kherson has been under Russian occupation since 2nd March.

Zenger

Hard Rain: Ukrainian Troops Shower Russian Artillery Unit With Missiles

The Ukrainian military said the strike took place in the southern Ukrainian province of Kherson Oblast.

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