The Latest Breaking News from Kherson

Putin says world should try and stop ‘tragedy’ in Gaza as Russian forces reportedly kill civilians in Ukraine’s Kherson.

It is a year now since Ukrainian forces liberated Kherson. I knew it before the war as a polyglot and bustling port city (if still determinedly Soviet in feel) sitting largely on the western (right) bank of the mighty Dnipro River.

‘He must withdraw troops,’ Olaf Scholz said during a visit to Nuthetal in Brandenburg state

Ukraine's marine corps said Friday it has secured multiple bridgeheads on the eastern bank of the Dnieper River in the Kherson region in fighting it described as having left nearly 3,500 Russians killed or wounded and dozens of ammunition depots, tanks, armored vehicles and other weaponry destroyed.

Military says troops have conducted a series of operations having established positions on left bank

Ukraine’s marine corps says it has secured multiple bridgeheads on the eastern bank of the Dnieper River in the Kherson region in fighting it described as having caused thousands of Russian casualties and destroyed dozens of ammunition warehouses, armored vehicles and other weaponry

Ukraine’s president says use of naval drones has prevented Russia from using Black Sea as springboard

Ukraine claims to have secured foothold on the eastern bank of the Dnipro 'against all odds'

The Ukrainian forces have long established positions in several areas on the eastern bank of the Dnieper and sought to expand them, using boats to ferry supplies

A top Ukraine official says its troops have established a foothold on the eastern bank of the Dnieper River near Kherson

Ukraine’s claims of counteroffensive momentum come amid efforts to secure more arms from the West.