The Latest Breaking News from Kherson

An international conference on the funding of Ukraine’s reconstruction drew to a close in London, with foreign donors pledging €60 billion in new financial support, UK Foreign Minister James Cleverley said at its closing session. Earlier on Thursday, Ukrainian forces carried out a missile strike on the Chonhar bridge connecting…

A Ukrainian missile strike hit the bridge connecting Russian-held parts of the southern Kherson region with the annexed Crimea peninsula, officials said on Thursday.

Russia acknowledged on Sunday that Ukraine had recaptured a village in the southern Zapororizhzhia region, its first gain on that front since it launched its counteroffensive earlier this month. Ukraine also on Sunday said its forces had destroyed a “significant” ammunition depot near the Russian-occupied port city of Henichesk. Follow…

Massive flooding from the destruction of a huge dam has devastated towns along the lower Dnieper River in Ukraine and forced many civilians to flee to rooftops, attics and higher ground

Thousands forced to flee flooded homes in Kherson as devastating eco-disaster on Dnipro river decimates local agricultural sector and imperils Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant

The catastrophic Nova Kakhovka dam explosion has turned Kherson into what the locals are calling ‘Venice from hell.’ Tom Mutch reports from a humanitarian and environmental disaster zone

Artists from across Ukraine made pilgrimages to Polina Rayko’s home, which many fear has been destroyed after Kakhovka dam collapse

As the war enters its 474th day, these are the main developments.

The size of the flooded area in the Kherson region as a result of the Kakhovka dam breach has almost halved but fears over disease from polluted water mark the next phase of the crisis.