The Latest Breaking News from Kherson

The Ukrainian president appears openly in front of the main government building in the southern city, and speaks to cheering residents who endured eight months of Russian occupation.

‘We are moving forward’, President Zelensky told soldiers gathered in the recently recaptured city

Many soldiers from the southern port city of Kherson spent months trying to liberate their homes. The Russian retreat last week was a major blow to Moscow's war effort.

Any attempt at calling a ceasefire would currently ‘overwhelmingly’ favour Russia, says a new report from the Institute for the Study of War

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy visited the southern city of Kherson on Monday to celebrate its recapture from Russian forces with joyful residents and troops after months of Russian occupation.

Changes to daylight hours, temperature and weather will present unique challenges for fighting soldiers

President Volodymyr Zelensky said Sunday that Ukrainian forces that retook the city of Kherson found evidence of new war crimes by Russian occupiers. "The Russian army left behind the same atrocities as in other regions of our country," he said in a nightly address. "Investigators have already documented more than…

Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is accusing Russian forces of having committed “atrocities" in the southern region of Kherson that its forces have now partially abandoned

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky called the Russian withdrawal from Kherson “the beginning of the end of the war” on Monday as he met soldiers in the newly liberated city, days after Russian forces were forced to retreat following months of occupation. Read FRANCE 24’s live blog for all the latest…

US and Chinese presidents agree nuclear war ‘should never be fought’, White House says; Zelenskiy accuses Russia of more than 400 war crimes

Forcing out Russia with minimal civilian casualties was an achievement, helped by the city’s isolated position