The Latest Breaking News on Kherson

Ukraine has telegraphed its big counteroffensive for months. So where is it?

As Kyiv’s artillery starts to hit Russian forces in the south, analysts are left wondering whether there’s more to come.

Politico

Russia builds brutal torture chamber where 60 Ukrainians are locked in dark basement

Officials in Kherson, southern Ukraine, say many victims left alive with broken ribs, arms and legs have emerged from the…

Daily Mirror

Ukrainian evacuees find shelter in Zaporizhzhia

Zaporizhzhia (Ukraine) (AFP) - After crossing the front line in Ukraine, Iryna Tyshenko, a 35-year-old woman from the southern region…

AFP

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‘A question of time’: Ukrainians determined to win back the south

War against Russia is entering a decisive phase, but on the frontline a big push still feels some way off

The Guardian - UK

‘A referendum is not right’: occupied Kherson looks to uncertain future

People in Russian-controlled region of Ukraine describe nervous atmosphere over Moscow’s next steps

The Guardian - UK

Russia fires rockets after Ukrainian forces vow to retake Kherson

Russian forces have fired rockets on the Mykolaiv region in southern Ukraine, killing at least one person.

Irish Independent

Russia-Ukraine war live news: Zelenskiy warns Russian troops in nuclear plant; Kherson bridges likely out of use – as it happened

Ukraine president says soldiers firing from Zaporizhzhia facility will become a ‘special target’; main bridges to Russian-occupied territory in Kherson…

The Guardian - AU

Ukraine says forces have taken out bridge in Kherson impacting Russian supply lines

Ukraine’s forces are embarking on a counteroffensive in the Russian-occupied southern region of Kherson

The Independent UK

Russia’s military pounds residential areas across Ukraine

Russia’s military pounded residential areas across Ukraine overnight, as Ukrainian forces pressed a counteroffensive to try to take back an…

Irish Independent

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What will ‘referendums’ in occupied Ukraine regions look like?

Russian-appointed officials say they are planning such processes, but observers say they will lack legitimacy.

Al Jazeera

Timeline: Week 24 of Russia’s war in Ukraine

Al Jazeera recaps key events in week 24 of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

Al Jazeera

Ukraine struggles to retake Kherson before Russia annexes it

Russia and Ukraine appear to have fought each other to a standstill, expending increasing energy on a publicity war.

Al Jazeera

Russian-appointed mayor in Ukrainian city in coma after being 'poisoned by chef'

Vladimir Saldo's mind began to cloud and his fingertips went numb, with Mash news media writing on Telegram that Saldo…

Daily Mirror

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Russia Takes Over Ukraine’s Internet in Occupied Territories

LONDON — Several weeks after taking over Ukraine’s southern port city of Kherson, Russian soldiers arrived at the offices of…

The New York Times

Ukraine: head of occupied Zaporizhzhia plans referendum on joining Russia

Pro-Russian head of administration signs decree to start preparations, as Moscow plans to annex seized territory

The Guardian - UK

Ukraine: Mayor of Russian-occupied Kherson ‘was poisoned by chef’

The Russian-backed mayor of Kherson in Ukraine was poisoned by a chef who began working in his house just a…

Evening Standard

Fresh shelling delays reopening of Kherson bridge -Interfax

Ukrainian forces again shelled the Antonivskyi bridge in the Russian-controlled city of Kherson, damaging construction equipment and delaying its reopening,…

Reuters

Russian-appointed Kherson mayor was poisoned by chef, claims news agency

The Russian-appointed mayor of Kherson was poisoned by a chef who was brought into his household a day before he…

Irish Independent

Shift in war's front seen as ships cleared to leave Ukraine

Four more ships carrying agricultural cargo held up by the war in Ukraine have received authorization to leave the country’s…

The Independent UK

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Zelensky Condemns Russian ‘Terror’ After Damage to Nuclear Plant

Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky on Saturday accused Russia of using the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant "for terror" after the operator…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Pro-Russia officials in occupied Kherson assassinated ahead of bid to recapture Ukrainian region

Ukrainian partisans appear to have launched a campaign of assassinations of pro-Russia officials in occupied Kherson ahead of a planned…

Irish Independent

Zelensky condemns Russian 'terror' after damage to nuclear plant

Kyiv (Ukraine) (AFP) - Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky on Saturday accused Russia of using the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant "for…

AFP

Ukraine war set to enter ‘new phase’ as Russian forces prepare for Kherson counter-offensive, MoD warns

The war in Ukraine is set to enter a new phase, the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) has said, with…

Evening Standard

Trudy Rubin: A trip near the front lines finds Ukrainian troops ready for a battle that could decide the war

SHEVCHENKOVE, Ukraine — A mounting Ukrainian counteroffensive in this southern Black Sea region is building up to a crucial battle…

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Ukraine Uses US-Supplied HIMARS Against Russians In Push To Take Back Kherson

The footage was obtained from the Chernihiv Regional Territorial Center of Recruitment and Social Support on Thursday, August 4.

Zenger