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Up to seven boats landed east of Kherson city and broke through defensive lines, say Russian military bloggers

Up to seven Ukrainian boats are reported to have been involved in the operation

Vladimir Saldo, the Moscow-installed governor of the southern Ukrainian region of Kherson, says Chongar bridge would be closed for around 20 days

The Chonhar road bridge is damaged but there are no casualties, Russian-appointed officials in Kherson and Crimea say.

An international conference on the funding of Ukraine’s reconstruction drew to a close in London, with foreign donors pledging €60 billion in new financial support, UK Foreign Minister James Cleverley said at its closing session. Earlier on Thursday, Ukrainian forces carried out a missile strike on the Chonhar bridge connecting…

UK Ministry of Defence says Ukraine has ‘likely made good progress’ in some areas but that progress is ‘slower’ in others

Ukraine’s Kakhovka dam destroyed; counter-offensive appears to enter first stages; fears for safety of Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant

KYIV: Fighting was raging on Friday in southern Ukraine, with observers seeing the combat as the opening phase of Kyiv's long-expected offensive.

As ‘governor’ claims streets are calm in flooded Kherson, Russian town of Shebekino is emptying amid heavy shelling

Nova Kakhovka dam effectively ceased to exist on Tuesday morning – and soon the devastation became apparent

Russian forces have left the town of Nova Kakhovka in southern Kherson region, the Ukrainian military's General Staff said on Thursday, but a Russian-installed official in the region denied the troops had left.