The Latest Breaking News from Kherson

An ultra-right-wing nationalist in Russia dubbed "Putin's brain" has broken silence and called for the Russian leader to be toppled and killed. Alexander Dugin expressed his fury at Russia's retreat from Kherson in Ukraine

Moscow orders humiliating retreat in Kherson; unprepared Russian conscripts die in their hundreds in attack; Ukraine maintains morale as winter bites

The announcement that Ukrainian forces were entering the city is being hailed as an "important victory" after Russia said its troops had retreated from the only regional capital it had captured

Withdrawal from regional capital further undermines Russia’s geopolitical prestige and gives boost to Ukrainian economy.

Ukrainian troops entered the key southern city of Kherson on Friday after Russia said it had withdrawn its troops.

The Russians left Blahodatne in the same direction from which they came, pulling out of the remote Ukrainian village under cover of darkness to join the rest of their force retreating across the Dnipro River.

Ukrainian troops entered the southern city of Kherson after Russian forces abandoned the regional capital and fled across a major waterway, a significant setback for Moscow as the two sides dig in for winter.

Chancellor Olaf Scholz said Germany's priority in its aid to Ukraine should be to help it defend itself from Russian air raids on its cities and to help it rebuild its infrastructure.

Russia relinquished its final foothold in a major city in southern Ukraine on Friday, clearing the way for victorious Ukrainian forces to reclaim the country’s only Russian-held provincial capital that could act as a springboard for further advances into occupied territory. Russia’s Defense Ministry said its troops finished withdrawing from…