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Ukrainian forces attack Russian forces in southern Ukraine

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Attack on Nova Kakhovka in the Kherson region resulted in the deaths of 13 “occupiers,” Operational Command South says. The Russian news agency said that at least seven people were killed in the attack, according to the town’s Russian-installed administration. KYIV: Ukrainian soldiers attacked two military checkpoints and a landing pad in a Russian-held region … Read more

Vereshchuk urges Ukrainians to leave the Kherson and Zaporizhzhia regions once more

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Vereshchuk, the deputy prime minister and minister urged the Kherson and Zaporizhzhia regions to leave as quickly as possible  “It is necessary to do so for the Armed Forces of Ukraine not to endanger the civilian population during offensive operations,” Vereshchuk said  Vereshchuk further claimed that 30% of people living in the districts temporarily controlled … Read more

Onlookers applaud, as an old guy in Russian-occupied Kherson plays the Ukrainian national anthem

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Ukrainian civilians continue to display their patriotism months after Russia invaded their nation. They have planned a variety of inventive ways. An old guy is seen playing the Ukrainian national anthem as he slowly manoeuvres about on his mobility scooter in a busy market. Ukrainian civilians continue to display their patriotism months after Russia invaded … Read more

Fierce fighting in east Ukraine as Zelensky says world must not look away

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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky says his country’s military are “doing everything” Kiev launches air strikes in southern region of Kherson. Russia has repeatedly cautioned the West against getting involved in the conflict. With heavy fighting in the east and south, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky claimed his country’s military were “doing everything” to stop the Russian … Read more

Ukraine claims that Russian positions in Kherson were attacked

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Ukraine says it has hit Russian military targets in the southern Kherson region. Kyiv’s army is struggling to recapture territory taken by Moscow’s troops. The region was one of the first areas to fall under Russian control after Russia’s invasion on February 24. KYIV: Ukraine announced on Friday that it had hit Russian military targets … Read more

Mariupol, Ukraine, at risk from a cholera outbreak says UK

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Ukraine’s southern city of Mariupol is at risk of catastrophic cholera outbreak. Medical services are likely already nearing collapse, UK Ministry of Defence says. Russia is struggling to provide basic public services to people living in Russian-occupied regions. As per Britain’s defence ministry, Ukraine’s southern city of Mariupol is at risk of a catastrophic cholera … Read more

In Kherson, 600 Ukrainians were ‘tortured.’

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Ukrainian presidential adviser says, 600 Ukrainians are being held captive and tortured in the Russia-occupied southern area of Kherson. Tamila Tasheva added, “They are confined in basements, in specifically-designed torture rooms.” She claimed that detainees held for their pro-Ukrainian sympathies are held in “inhumane conditions.” Read More: Ukraine Live: Zelenskyy declares progress in kharkiv and … Read more

Russia likely invaded half of Severodonetsk

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The Institute for the Study of War (ISW) says Russia probably controls a significant part of Severodonetsk. The think tank says there had been huge battling around Popasna and Izyum, however that Russia had not been able to make any critical advances. In its most recent update on the battling in Ukraine, the Institute for … Read more

Ukraine Live: Zelenskyy declares progress in kharkiv and kherson

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Ukraine Live: Zelenskyy declares progress in kharkiv and kherson Ukraine Live: Ukrainian powers have gained ground in the locales of Kherson and Kharkiv. And are keeping down Russian powers in Zaporizhzhia. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said in a location on Tuesday night. “Our defenders show extreme bravery, despite the fact that Russia has a substantial … Read more

Referendum on joining Russia will not held until the conflict stops, Kherson official

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According to the deputy head of the Russian-appointed government in occupied Kherson, the area will not hold a vote on legally joining Russia until violence in Kherson and surrounding districts of Odesa and Mykolaiv subsides. According to Kirill Stremousov, deputy director of the Kherson Military-Civilian Administration, there are present “no negotiations regarding a referendum.” “We’ll … Read more

Russia bears down on key eastern Ukraine city

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Russian forces threatened to encircle a key eastern Ukrainian city, On Wednesday,   saying the West must lift sanctions over its invasion to end a global food crisis. According to Ukrainian officials, fierce fighting has reached the outskirts of the industrial hub of Severodonetsk, which has been relentlessly bombarded by Russian forces attempting to seize control … Read more

Russia may build a military base in Ukraine’s Kherson

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The Russia-appointed administration of Ukraine’s Kherson region will seek Moscow’s permission to establish a military facility on its territory, according to a local government source reported by Russia’s RIA news agency on Tuesday. In February, Russia invaded Ukraine, capturing the Kherson area, which is next to Crimea, which Moscow had occupied since a previous fight … Read more

Ukraine could win war by year-end: Kyiv intel chief

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The war in Ukraine could reach a “breaking point” by August and end in defeat for Russia before the end of the year, according to Kyiv’s head of military intelligence, Major General Kyrylo Budanov, 36, told the news network that he is “optimistic” about the conflict’s current trajectory. “The breaking point will be in the … Read more

Kherson’s pro-Russian officials said they would seek annexation

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The Moscow-installed authorities in Ukraine’s southern Kherson region stated on Wednesday that they want to make a formal request to President Vladimir Putin for the province to be annexed by Russia. Following the start of Russian military operations in Ukraine on February 24, Kherson was the first major city to fall to Russian soldiers. According … Read more

Pro-Russian media broadcasts film of events in occupied Ukraine marking their Victory Day

Pro-Russian media published social media recordings of Victory Day parades and festivities in many Russian-occupied Ukrainian cities. Several hundred people appear to have attended a procession in Enerhodar, Zaporizhzhia. The city has been under Russian control since the beginning of March. Another gathering in the Kherson region, appears to have been sparsely attended. The official … Read more

Russian military has relocated a Ukrainian family twice in the last eight years

One Ukrainian family had an all-too-familiar experience when hundreds of evacuees arrived overnight at a processing center for internally displaced individuals in the southern city of Kryvyi Rih. A Ukrainian family was forced to abandon their house for the second time in eight years, they told CNN. They went north to Kherson after losing their … Read more

During a UN visit, Russia admits a ‘high-precision’ assault on Kyiv

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Moscow: Russia’s defence ministry announced on Friday that an air strike was carried out on Kyiv during the arrival of UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres. “High-precision, long-range air-based weapons of the Russian Aerospace Forces have destroyed the production buildings of the Artyom missile and space enterprise in Kyiv,” the ministry stated in its daily update on … Read more

Ukraine probes Russian troops over Bucha as UN chief visits

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Ukrainian prosecutors said Thursday they had been investigating 10 Russian soldiers for alleged war crimes in Bucha, as the visiting  UN leader entreated Russia to cooperate with a probe into atrocities. The discovery of our bodies in civilian clothes observed on the road or buried in shallow graves inside the Kyiv suburb after a Russian … Read more

Russia claims to have gained control of the Kherson region

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According to the Interfax news agency, Russia’s defense ministry announced its soldiers have “liberated” the whole region of Kherson in southern Ukraine. According to a Ukrainian regional military official, the Russian army has installed new regional administration and municipal council leaders. Hennadiy Lahuta wrote on Telegram, “Yesterday, the occupants took the offices of the Kherson … Read more

Russia staging Kherson referendum – UK defence intelligence

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According to a new assessment from the UK Ministry of Defence, Russia plans a “staged referendum” in Kherson to legitimize its takeover. It believes the city is vital to Russia’s goal of controlling southern Ukraine and constructing a land bridge to the Crimean peninsula (annexed in 2014). It adds that Russia used this strategy to … Read more

Kyiv to quit talks if its soldiers killed in Mariupol: Zelensky

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Kyiv will pull out of talks with Moscow if Ukrainian infantrymen holed up at a sizeable steelworks in Mariupol are killed by Russian troops, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Saturday. “If our men are killed in Mariupol and if those pseudo-referendums are prepared in the (southern) region of Kherson, then Ukraine will withdraw from any … Read more

Russia plans sham independence vote in occupied regions, says Ukraine

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Kyiv: Ukraine’s President, Volodymyr Zelensky, has accused Russia of attempting to “falsify” an independence referendum in the partially occupied southern districts of Kherson and Zaporizhzhia. For the second time this week, Zelensky has issued an appeal to Ukrainians living in Russian-occupied territories. “This is not to help you… This is aimed to falsify the so-called … Read more

UN chief calls for 4-day truce, condemn Russia offensive

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UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Tuesday denounced Russia’s smooth offensive in eastern Ukraine and call for a four-day truce to mark Orthodox Holy Week. Russia launched dozens of airstrikes across Japanese Ukraine, as an ultra-modern phase of the bloody warfare opened with stopping raging in the Donbas region. “Instead of a party of new lifestyles, … Read more

Rising risks of nuke war

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MOSCOW/NEW YORK/LONDON – Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Thursday accused Western politicians of fixating on nuclear war, one week after Moscow launched its invasion of Ukraine. “It is clear that World War Three can only be nuclear,” Lavrov said in an online interview with Russian and foreign media. “I would like to point out … Read more

Russia seizes key southern Ukraine city

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KYIV – Russian troops have seized Kherson, the first major Ukrainian city to fall in a devastating week-old war that has already created one million refugees. The capture of the Black Sea city of 290,000 people, which just last year hosted NATO-supported war games, appeared a significant boost for Moscow as it readied for potential ceasefire … Read more