The Latest Breaking News from Kherson

Kyiv (Ukraine) (AFP) - The first shipment of Ukrainian grain to leave Odessa since Russia's invasion is expected in Istanbul "after midnight", Ankara said Tuesday, under a landmark deal to lift Moscow's naval blockade in the Black Sea.

Kramatorsk (Ukraine) (AFP) - Collapsed social services, financial woes and fear: only brief snippets filter out of the daily reality for Ukrainians in Russian-occupied territory.

First grain ship to leave Odesa since invasion reaches Turkish waters; Moscow says US is sharing intelligence with Ukrainian forces

Ukrainian forces have recaptured more than 40 settlements in the key southern region of Kherson, as Kyiv looks to drive back Russian troops in a counter-offensive, the local governor said Monday.

City’s mayor condemns attack on medical facilities; former UK PM David Cameron also among those now blacklisted

The battle for Kherson looms as a pivotal moment for both Ukraine and Russia, experts say, and Ukraine retaking the city would be a huge blow to Russia and an embarrassing setback for President Vladimir Putin.

Looming battles will be crucial for course of war, warns intelligence chief

Russian missiles pounded the southern Ukrainian port city of Mykolaiv on Sunday, killing the owner of a major grain exporter, while a drone strike on Russia's Black Sea naval base in Sevastopol was launched from within the city in a "terrorist attack," a Russian lawmaker said.

THE secretly distributed flyers and posters that have been appearing on the city’s walls warn of what’s to come.

The US ambassador to the United Nations said Friday there should no longer be any doubt that Russia intends to dismantle Ukraine “and dissolve it from the world map entirely.” Linda Thomas-Greenfield told the UN Security Council that the United States is seeing growing signs that Russia is laying the…

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Saturday his government was ordering the mandatory evacuation of people in the eastern Donetsk region, scene of fierce fighting with Russia.