2 dead in Ukraine city of Kherson as Russian soldiers celebrate Orthodox Christmas on front line

KYIV, Ukraine — The southern Ukrainian city of Kherson was subjected Sunday to numerous shelling attacks from Russian-occupied parts of the Kherson region, across the Dnieper River, local officials said. The head of the Kherson city administration, Roman Mrochko, said two people died in the shelling attacks and several others were wounded. Meanwhile, Russian military … Read more

Ukraine liberated Kherson city. A year later, Russian bombs still rain down.

November 14, 2023 at 1:00 a.m. EST A destroyed building in Kherson, Ukraine, on Nov. 1. (Ed Ram for The Washington Post) Comment on this storyCommentAdd to your saved storiesSave KHERSON, Ukraine — Oleksandr Andrienko lay in a hospital ward in Kherson, his face pale and exhausted, blood still seeping from the bandage around the … Read more

Devastating Ukrainian artillery attack takes out Russian supply convoy in Kherson Oblast

Some 25 Russian invaders were killed, another 30 injured, and eight vehicles destroyed in a Ukrainian artillery attack on a Russian convoy of 11 supply trucks near occupied Hladkivka in Kherson Oblast’s Skadovsk district, Ukrainian military reported on Nov. 10. They included a video of the blaze. Screenshot from the video from t.me/operativnoZSU Read also: … Read more

One year after liberation, Ukrainians in Kherson hold on to hope amid constant shelling

KHERSON, Ukraine — One year since Ukraine retook the city of Kherson from occupying Russian forces, residents have grown accustomed to hearing outgoing fire from the left bank of the Dnieper river, where Russian troops are positioned. They know that familiar crackle means they have seven seconds to find a shelter, or a sturdy wall … Read more

2 more killed as Russian artillery keeps on battering southern Ukraine’s Kherson region

KYIV, Ukraine — Russian shelling killed an 81-year-old woman in the yard of her home and a 60-year-old man in southern Ukraine’s Kherson region Thursday, local authorities said. The deaths were the latest civilian casualties in Moscow’s recent ramped-up bombardment of the front-line area. Kherson is a strategic military region located on the Dnieper River … Read more

Russia-Ukraine struggle information: 7 killed in Russian assault on Kherson

Russian shelling killed seven individuals in Ukraine’s Kherson area Sunday, together with 4 members of the identical household, considered one of whom was a 3-week-old toddler, Inside Minister Ihor Klymenko mentioned. The child woman’s 12-year-old brother and their mother and father have been additionally killed. The boy was initially recovered alive however later died on … Read more

Russian forces carried out battle crimes on Kherson prisoners

A photograph of a hallway in a constructing the place Russian forces established a torture heart in Kherson. Photograph: Harvey Presence Editor’s be aware: The next article comprises graphic materials detailing stories of torture of individuals in Ukraine. WASHINGTON — The identification of Russian forces who carried out varied types of torture and sexual violence on prisoners … Read more

Ukraine says destroys ammunition depot in Russian-occupied Kherson

June 18 (Reuters) – Ukrainian forces destroyed a “important” ammunition depot close to the Russian-occupied port metropolis of Henichesk within the southern area of Kherson, Serhiy Bratchuk, spokesperson for the Odesa navy administration, mentioned on Sunday. “Our armed forces dealt an excellent blow within the morning – and a really loud one – within the … Read more

Ukraine accuses Russia of destroying main dam close to Kherson, warns of widespread flooding

KYIV, Ukraine — Ukraine on Tuesday accused Russian forces of blowing up a significant dam and hydroelectric energy station in part of southern Ukraine they management, threatening an enormous flood that would displace lots of of hundreds of individuals, and ordered residents downriver to evacuate. Russian information company Tass quoted an unspecified Russian authorities official … Read more