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Analysis-Ukrainian dreams of retaking Kherson hinge on Western weapons

For the Ukrainian soldiers fighting to retake ground in the wheat fields and empty villages northwest of the city of Kherson, the liberation of one of Ukraine's most strategically important Black Sea cities feels tantalisingly close.

Reuters

First Brit to die fighting in Ukraine was killed by Russian mortar strike, inquest hears

Scott Sibley, 36, from Grimsby, Lincolnshire, became the first British soldier to die fighting in Ukraine when he was killed by a mortar shell in the village of Lymany in the Mykolaiv region

Daily Mirror

Ukraine's besieged farmers fear war-time harvest 'hell'

As 10-metre high mounds of sunflower meal smoulder among the blackened ruins of one of Ukraine's top agricultural terminals, farmers in this front-line region are scrambling to survive a harvest under Russian fire.

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Western artillery already making difference for Ukraine -regional governor

Western-supplied artillery systems are already making a difference on the ground for Ukraine and it is "just a question of time" before its forces win back significant ground in the south, the governor of the Mykolaiv region said on Wednesday.

Reuters

Russia attacking Ukraine food targets to scare world, says regional governor

Russia is attacking food and agriculture targets in Ukraine in order to scare the world into agreeing a deal to reopen the Black Sea on Moscow's terms, the head of the region where a major agricultural storage facility was struck on Sunday said.

Reuters

Russian attack destroys warehouses of major Ukrainian commodity terminal, governor says

Russian shelling destroyed the warehouses of one of Ukraine's largest agricultural commodities terminals in the Black Sea port of Mykolaiv over the weekend, the head of the region said on Tuesday.

Reuters

Fears Russia snatched 200,000 Ukrainian kids as investigators launch 'genocide' case

Ukraine's Prosecutor General Iryna Venediktova said the investigations were focusing on the regions of Mykolaiv and Kherson on the southern coast but gathering evidence was complicated by war

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Russia says it shoots down Ukrainian Su-25 fighter jet

Russia's defence ministry said on Thursday its military had downed a Ukrainian Su-25 fighter jet in the Mykolaiv region.

Reuters

‘The west can change the outcome’: plea for heavy weapons on Ukraine frontline

People under constant fire in southern city of Mykolaiv say they can beat Russia with more help

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Russia says it struck shipyard in Ukraine's Mykolaiv

Russia's defence ministry said on Monday that its forces had struck a shipbuilding facility in the southern Ukrainian city of Mykolaiv.

Reuters

Pro-Moscow Kherson official sees decision 'towards next year' on joining Russia

A senior pro-Russian official in the occupied Ukrainian region of Kherson told Reuters on Saturday that nearby fighting could affect the timing of its formal bid to join Russia and a decision was likely "towards next year".

Reuters

‘You shake at the smallest of noises’: Russian soldier tells of life as a PoW

Anton, released by Ukraine in a prisoner exchange, says he is only now registering the toll captivity took on mind and body

The Guardian - UK

Ukraine says investigating some 13,000 alleged Russian war crimes

Ukraine is probing about 13,000 cases of alleged Russian war crimes, Prosecutor General Iryna Venediktova said Monday. Some 20 countries including Italy, Greece and Denmark announced new security assistance packages for Kyiv during a virtual meeting with allies, according to US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin. Read our live blog to…

France 24

Russia-Ukraine war: what we know on day 88 of the invasion

Russian airstrikes hit Mykolaiv and Donbas regions; only Ukraine can decide its future, says Polish president

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Russia pounds Ukraine's Donbas and Mykolaiv regions

Russia pounded Ukrainian forces with airstrikes and artillery in the east and the south, targeting command centres, troops, and ammunition depots, the Russian defence ministry said on Sunday.

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Ukraine’s Mykolaiv on edge amid fears of a new Russian assault

Russia’s military progress in Mariupol has sparked concerns it could widen its offensive into southern Ukraine.

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A member of Ukraine's parliament now trains a recon and sabotage unit to fight Russia

Col. Roman Kostenko, a Ukrainian lawmaker, has built a reconnaissance and sabotage team to target Russian forces. His ultimate goal: free his family village from Russian control.

Reuters

Russia says it shot down three Ukrainian fighter jets, one near Snake Island

Russia on Monday said its forces had shot down three Ukrainian fighter jets, one near Snake Island in the Black Sea and the others in the Mykolaiv and Kharkiv regions, while its missiles continued to pound targets in the east of the country.

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VIDEO: Air Raising: Ukrainian Paratroopers Greatest Hits

The Ukrainian paratroopers carried out the attacks near the city of Mykolaiv in the southern region of Mykolaiv Oblast.

France 24

In Ukraine, volunteers step up in Mykolaiv

In southern Ukraine, Mykolaiv is the first major city behind the front line, as the nation's army faces off against Russian forces to the southeast in occupied Kherson. As such, the town has seen regular bombardments and nearby combat that led to its water supply being severed in mid-April. Throughout…

The Independent UK

Live updates | Ukraine: 11 attacks repelled in Donbas region

Ukraine’s General Staff says the country’s forces made some gains on the border of the southern regions of Kherson and Mykolaiv and repelled multiple Russian attacks in the east

Zenger

VIDEO: Yellow Submarine: Russian Sub Flees Ukrainian Attack

Vitaliy Kim - the governor of Mykolaiv Oblast since 2020 - ordered the attack and then shared the footage on social media.

Al Jazeera

Will Vladimir Putin succeed in seizing southwestern Ukraine?

After failing to capture the capital Kyiv and northern Ukraine, Moscow focuses on completing its conquest of the south.

France 24

Video: Russian bombardments leave Mykolaiv residents without water supply

The southern Ukrainian city of Mykolaiv has been without water supply since Russia seized control of most of the Kherson region to the southeast. Mykolaiv got most of its water from Kherson, but the war has left local infrastructure in ruins and residents are struggling to cope. FRANCE 24's Luke…

The Guardian - UK

‘I feel really lost but not lonely’: a Kherson mother’s diary of flight from a war zone

Olha escaped the Russian occupation of her home city. This is her account of her family’s journey through Europe

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