The Latest Breaking News from Kherson

Ukraine says 2,000 civilians have died in the first week of fighting

At least 22 people have been killed as a Russian air strike hits two schools and private houses in Chernihiv, in Ukraine's north. Look back on our blog as it happened.

Ukrainian authorities reject Russia’s claim it captured the Black Sea port of Kherson, as Mariupol comes under siege.

Russia announced that their troops had taken control of the Ukrainian city of Kherson the morning of Wednesday, March 2. The city of 300,000 in southern Ukraine was the scene of fierce fighting, as videos shared by residents showed soldiers and tanks in the main square. In one video, a…

The United Nations General Assembly on Wednesday overwhelmingly voted to reprimand Russia over its invasion of Ukraine and demanded that Moscow stop fighting and withdraw its military forces, an action that aims to diplomatically isolate Russia at the world body. The resolution, supported by 141 of the assembly's 193 members,…

As war rages on in Ukraine, the civilian death toll in the country has reportedly reached more than 2,000.

Reported explosion in Kyiv may leave parts of the city without heating, says Ukrainian official

A resident of the first city in Ukraine claimed to have been taken by Russian troops says he is terrified and “has no hope”.

WASHINGTON/KYIV/KHARKIV: Ukrainians said they were fighting on in the southern port of Kherson, the first sizeable city Russia claimed to have seized, while Russian airstrikes and bombardment caused devastation in cities that Moscow's bogged down forces have failed to capture.

An adviser to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Wednesday that Russia had not captured Kherson, a southern port city that Russia had earlier said it had seized.

A video posted by an adviser to Ukraine's interior minister on social media on Wednesday showed a person in civilian clothes approaching a tank and then lifting Ukrainian flags from it and waving them in the air shouting "Glory to Ukraine!".