The Latest Breaking News from Kherson

The footage was obtained from Ukrainian Officer Yurii Kochevenko on Tuesday, August 30. 

Ukraine launched its counteroffensive in the Kherson region on August 29, the success of which would have major military, political and symbolic consequences. This move has been made possible by Ukraine’s recent maritime successes that have reduced Russia’s ability to control the southern coast of Ukraine.

The images were obtained from the Russian Ministry of Defense on Monday, August 29.

The Ukrainian Navy confirmed that the footage was authentic and the information accurate.

Ukraine’s troops say some southern areas have been retaken, but Russia has reportedly slowed their advance.

Ukrainian forces have had "successes" in three areas of the Russian-occupied region of Kherson, a Ukrainian regional official said on Wednesday, two days after Kyiv announced the start of a southern counter-offensive to retake territory.

KYIV, Ukraine: A team led by the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency set off from Kyiv on Wednesday for a Russian-held nuclear power plant in southern Ukraine that has sparked global concern.

German chief of defence says Russia ‘capable of expanding the conflict regionally’ with ‘second theatre of war’

Ukraine has launched an offensive toward the captured southern city of Kherson, but whether it marks the start of a long-awaited attempt to retake large slices of territory lost at the start of Russia’s invasion remains unclear.

IAEA inspectors travel to Zaporizhzhia to visit nuclear plant; Russian halts gas supplies via Nord Stream 1 pipeline to Europe

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says Ukraine offensive under way to retake southern region, urges Russians to leave.