The Latest Breaking News from Kherson

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 · Apr 26, 2022

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 · Apr 25, 2022

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Colonisation appears to have superseded ‘denazification’ in Putin’s military goals for eastern Ukraine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 · Apr 23, 2022

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

Wales Online · Apr 18, 2022

‘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

The Guardian - UK · Apr 17, 2022

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.

Reuters · Apr 14, 2022

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.

ABC News · Apr 11, 2022

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,…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Apr 11, 2022

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.

Reuters · Apr 11, 2022

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.

Los Angeles Times · Apr 10, 2022