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The Latest Breaking News from Kherson

‘War of drones’: Ukraine troops push back Russians in Kherson

Ukrainian forces advance cautiously to retake the only regional capital captured by Moscow since the start of the war.

Al Jazeera

Wrong bank: Villagers split by river from Ukraine's advance

Stepnogirsk (Ukraine) (AFP) - Russia ordered its troops to abandon the Dnipro river's west bank only hours after Yevgen Gamiy had another lucky escape from incoming fire on its east.

AFP

Russia wants to turn Kherson into 'city of death', Kyiv says

A senior adviser to Ukraine's president said on Thursday Russia wanted to turn Kherson into a "city of death" after Moscow ordered its troops to withdraw from the southern Ukrainian city.

Reuters

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Russian military 'destroys bridges and lays mines' after retreat from Kherson

The British Ministry of Defence said: "In retreating, Russian forces have destroyed multiple bridges and likely laid mines to slow and delay advancing Ukrainian forces"

Daily Mirror

Watch Joe Biden mixing up Ukraine’s Kherson with Iraqi city of Fallujah in 79-year-old president’s latest slip

It is not the first time he has muddled Ukraine with Iraq since Russia’s war began

Evening Standard

Putin’s forces ‘vulnerable’ to attack as they retreat from Kherson in Ukraine’s south, say UK defence chiefs

Putin has been forced to order the retreat due to problems resupplying his troops on the west bank of the Dnipro River, the MoD says

Evening Standard

Erdogan says Russian withdrawal from Kherson is a positive step

Russia's decision to withdraw troops from near the southern Ukrainian city of Kherson is a positive step, Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Thursday.

Reuters

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Ukrainian forces advance 7km in 24 hours in Kherson region

Ukraine retook dozens of villages in the Kherson region, after Moscow ordered one of the war's biggest retreats. According to Washington, more than 100,000 Russian soldiers have been killed or injured since the start of the conflict. Read FRANCE 24’s live blog for the latest developments. All times are Paris…

France 24

Ukraine cautious as Russia orders troops out of Kherson

Kyiv (Ukraine) (AFP) - Kyiv has reacted sceptically to Russia announcing its retreat from the southern city of Kherson, urging continued resistance until Ukraine liberates all of its occupied cities.

AFP

Russia Orders Troops Out of Kherson in Major Reversal

Russia ordered its troops to withdraw from the city of Kherson in southern Ukraine on Wednesday in a further major blow to its campaign amid a Ukrainian counter-offensive. Officials in Kyiv reacted with caution, saying the Russian army was unlikely to leave the strategic city without a fight, while US…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Russia-Ukraine war: Russian booby traps turning Kherson into ‘city of death’, says Ukraine official – as it happened

Adviser to head of the office of Ukraine’s president says Russian military have mined apartments and sewers and plan to reduce Kherson to ruins

The Guardian - AU

Why Putin’s retreat from Kherson could be his most humiliating defeat yet

Life, as the saying goes, is coming at Vladimir Putin fast. Having gleefully announced the annexation of four regions of Ukraine barely more than a month ago – even as his army retreated within them – the Kremlin now says it’s withdrawing from the only regional capital city it had…

The Conversation

Ukraine-Russia news – live: Putin’s retreat sees Kyiv recapture first Kherson village

Zelensky remains wary of Moscow’s withdrawal as adviser fears havoc

The Independent UK

Kherson retreat shows Russian military has ‘real problems’, says Biden, as Zelenskiy urges caution

US president points to problems in Vladimir Putin’s war machine but Ukraine president warns there is ‘always resistance from the enemy’

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The Independent UK

100,000 Russian troops killed or injured in Ukraine, US says

The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff says Russia's announced retreat from Kherson in southern Ukraine and a potential stalemate in fighting over the winter could provide both countries an opportunity to negotiate peace

Wales Online

Putin appointed deputy head of Kherson killed in car crash

Pro-Moscow Kirill Stremousov, wanted for treason by Kyiv, loses his life in an accident near Henichesk

The Guardian - AU

Russia-Ukraine war at a glance: what we know on day 260 of the invasion

Moscow orders troops to leave Ukraine’s southern city of Kherson in humiliating retreat; Ukraine responds with caution

Reuters

Ukrainian troops reclaim dozens of towns from Russian control, close in on Kherson

Ukrainian troops have reclaimed dozens of landmine-littered settlements abandoned by Russian forces in southern Ukraine, officials said, the day after Moscow announced its withdrawal from the strategic capital city of Kherson province.

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Biden: Russia's evacuation of Kherson shows they have real problems

U.S. President Joe Biden said Russia's order to evacuate troops from the west bank of the Dnipro River near the Ukrainian city of Kherson showed Moscow was having "real problems" with its military.

The Independent UK

Russia faces up to significant strategic defeat with Kherson withdrawal

Recapture of the port city would give Ukraine significant leverage in future talks, says Kim Sengupta

WEKU

A Russian-appointed official died in a car crash in Ukraine's Kherson

Born in Ukraine, Kirill Stremousov had switched to Russia's side and mimicked its claims about Nazi rule, becoming spokesman and deputy governor of the Moscow-installed administration in Kherson.

The Guardian - AU

Morning Mail: Trump ‘biggest loser’ in midterms, Russians pull out of Kherson, voters back gas profits tax

In today’s newsletter: election day disappointment for Republicans; retreat from key Ukraine city a major blow for Putin; and remains of 18 Indigenous people are returned by British museums

Reuters

Russia's war hawks rally behind decision to abandon Ukrainian city of Kherson

Russia's leading war hawks on Wednesday swiftly rallied behind the decision to abandon the Ukrainian city of Kherson, putting a brave face on one of Moscow's most humiliating retreats in nearly nine months of war.

The Guardian - UK

As Russia tries to dig in, Ukraine’s challenge will be to repeat its victory in Kherson

With Russia still in control of a large swathe of occupied territory, Ukraine may encounter unexpected resistance as it tries to push south

Al Jazeera

What do we know about Russia’s order to withdraw from Kherson?

Losing the key southern Ukrainian city would be a major blow to Putin, but Kyiv remains wary that it could be a trap.

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