The Latest Breaking News from Kherson

Reuters news agency says children are en route to Ukraine via Moscow, under deal brokered by Qatar

Polish prime minister says ‘we will strongly and unequivocally’ demand restoration of permits in de-escalation of border trade blockade

Ukraine investigates alleged ‘execution’ of Ukrainian soldiers trying to surrender; Volodymyr Zelenskiy reports ‘intense battles’ at dozens of locations

A Ukrainian library to which Ed Vulliamy donated works by his late mother, the author Shirley Hughes, is trying to rebuild itself

Ukraine says strike in Kherson killed five senior Russian officials; no war fatigue among allies – ‘Nato knows we have to win’

Ukraine confirmed this week that it had managed to maintain its positions along the left bank of the Dnipro River, which had been completely under Russian control. These successes suggest that a major Ukrainian counteroffensive, aimed at reclaiming Crimea, could soon be under way.

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