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First Ukraine city falls as Russia strikes more civilian targets

ODESSA, Ukraine: Russian forces on Wednesday seized the first major Ukrainian city in their onslaught, the strategic port of Kherson, as they stepped up bombardment of civilian targets across the country, put other cities under siege and pushed to encircle and cut off the capital, Kyiv.

Bangkok Post

Russia claims it has seized Kherson as mayor agrees to conditions to keep city running

Mayor announces restrictions after meeting with Russian troops

The Independent UK

Russia 'seizes' first Ukrainian city as Kherson mayor begs troops not to shoot civilians

Vladimir Putin's troops are on the streets of Kherson and have entered a council building said the mayor as the first large Ukraine city appears to have fallen to the Russians

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As it happened: Russia, Ukraine agree on need for humanitarian corridors to evacuate civilians

Russia and Ukraine on Thursday agreed on the need to set up humanitarian corridors to evacuate civilians trying to flee the conflict, in their first sign of progress on any issue since the invasion. On the frontlines, Russian forces increased pressure on Mariupol and Kharkiv after Kherson became the first…

France 24

Russia claims control of Kherson, the first major Ukrainian city to fall, as Zelenksyy calls for resistance to continue

The strategically important port city of Kherson in Ukraine's south reportedly becomes the first major city in the country to be taken over by Russian forces.

ABC News

Latest Ukraine updates: Talks spur deal on humanitarian corridors

Ukraine-Russia news from March 3: Kyiv and Moscow agree on plan for safe corridors to evacuate civilians.

Al Jazeera

Mayor of Ukraine's Kherson city says Russian troops in the streets

The mayor of the Ukrainian city of Kherson, Igor Kolykhayev on Wednesday said Russian troops were in the streets and had forced their way into the city council building.

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Around 2,000 civilians are believed to have died - Ukraine and Russia latest: the top headlines on Wednesday evening

The latest situation on Ukraine as Russia intensifies its attacks on key Ukrainian cities

Manchester Evening News

Civilian deaths soar as Russian forces bombard key Ukraine cities

Ukraine says 2,000 civilians have died in the first week of fighting

The Independent UK

Ukrainian governor says Russian air strike that hit two schools killed 22 people — as it happened

At least 22 people have been killed as a Russian air strike hits two schools and private houses in Chernihiv, in Ukraine's north. Look back on our blog as it happened.

ABC News

Russia intensifies attacks on key Ukrainian cities

Ukrainian authorities reject Russia’s claim it captured the Black Sea port of Kherson, as Mariupol comes under siege.

Al Jazeera

‘Glory to the heroes’: In Kherson, civilians brandish Ukrainian flag in the face of Russian troops

Russia announced that their troops had taken control of the Ukrainian city of Kherson the morning of Wednesday, March 2. The city of 300,000 in southern Ukraine was the scene of fierce fighting, as videos shared by residents showed soldiers and tanks in the main square. In one video, a…

France 24

UN General Assembly in Historic Vote Assails Russia over Ukraine Invasion

The United Nations General Assembly on Wednesday overwhelmingly voted to reprimand Russia over its invasion of Ukraine and demanded that Moscow stop fighting and withdraw its military forces, an action that aims to diplomatically isolate Russia at the world body. The resolution, supported by 141 of the assembly's 193 members,…

Asharq Al-Awsat

The Leader podcast: Ukraine resident describes city of Kherson

As war rages on in Ukraine, the civilian death toll in the country has reportedly reached more than 2,000.

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The Independent UK

Ukraine-Russia news - live: Moscow claims its troops have taken Kherson as Putin faces war crimes probe

Reported explosion in Kyiv may leave parts of the city without heating, says Ukrainian official

Evening Standard

‘Hunger will kill people here’: Kherson resident pleads for help as Russia occupies city

A resident of the first city in Ukraine claimed to have been taken by Russian troops says he is terrified and “has no hope”.

Bangkok Post

Ukrainians say they are fighting on in biggest city yet claimed by Russia

WASHINGTON/KYIV/KHARKIV: Ukrainians said they were fighting on in the southern port of Kherson, the first sizeable city Russia claimed to have seized, while Russian airstrikes and bombardment caused devastation in cities that Moscow's bogged down forces have failed to capture.

Reuters

Ukrainian official says Kherson not captured by Russia, fighting continues

An adviser to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Wednesday that Russia had not captured Kherson, a southern port city that Russia had earlier said it had seized.

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Reuters

Ukrainian official posts video he says shows Russian tanks in Kherson

A video posted by an adviser to Ukraine's interior minister on social media on Wednesday showed a person in civilian clothes approaching a tank and then lifting Ukrainian flags from it and waving them in the air shouting "Glory to Ukraine!".

Al Jazeera

Russia claims control of southern Ukrainian city of Kherson

Defence ministry says talks are under way between Russian army and local authorities on maintaining order.

Daily Mirror

Angry Russia warns World War 3 'will become nuclear and destructive'

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has warned any future world war will become nuclear as Ukrainians continue to fiercely defend their country, although the city of Kherson has reportedly fallen

Radio France Internationale

Russian army claims breakthrough in Ukrainian port city of Kherson

The Russian army said on Wednesday it had seized the southern Ukrainian port city of Kherson as its forces continued to envelop the capital Kyiv during the seventh day of fighting.

Reuters

Ukraine's Mariupol under heavy shelling, Kherson surrounded - officials

Ukraine's south-eastern port of Mariupol was under constant shelling from Russia and unable to evacuate the injured while Kherson, on the Black Sea to the west, was completely surrounded by invading forces, Ukrainian authorities said on Wednesday.

Reuters

Russia says it captures Ukrainian city of Kherson -RIA

Russia's defence ministry said on Wednesday Russian armed forces have captured the southern Ukrainian city of Kherson, RIA news agency reported.

The Times of India

PM Modi calls Russian President Putin, discusses safe passage for Indians stranded in Ukraine: Latest developments

NEW DELHI: Facing fierce Ukrainian resistance, Russian troops have intensified their attacks on crowded urban areas. Even after 7 days of its full-scale invasion, Russia has failed to capture a single Ukrainian city so far. With a huge convoy of Russian tanks and armored vehicles on a road to the…

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