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Russia-Annexed Ukrainian Regions to Move to Moscow Time – Ministry

Residents of the Kremlin-controlled areas of four Ukrainian regions will soon have to put their clocks forward by an hour as their time zone switches to...

Zelensky Blasts Russian 'Terror' After Kherson City Shelled

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Saturday blasted Russian "terror" after shelling on Christmas Eve left at least seven dead and 58 injured in...

Deadly Russian Shelling Cuts Off Kherson Power

Russian forces bombarded Kherson on Thursday, killing two people and depriving the Ukrainian city of electricity as the European Union announced its latest...

collaboration charge

Ukraine Detains 'Traitor' Who Released Kherson Prisoners

Ukrainian investigators said Tuesday that a prison official in the recently liberated city of Kherson was suspected of committing treason for releasing...

'missing in action'

Russian Forces Accused of Burning Fallen Soldiers' Bodies in Kherson Landfill

Russian troops allegedly dumped and burned the bodies of fallen fellow soldiers at a landfill site on the outskirts of the recently liberated southern...

Ukraine to Launch Evacuation From Liberated Kherson Amid Energy Crisis

Ukrainian authorities said they will soon begin voluntary evacuations from the liberated southern city of Kherson and nearby areas as Russian strikes have...

Nearly 1 in 3 Prisoners Freed by Retreating Russians Recaptured, Ukraine Says

Ukrainian law enforcement said it has caught and returned to prison 166 of 457 inmates who were freed by Russia’s military and Russian-installed...

raccoon removal

Russian Zookeeper Accused of Stealing Animals From Ukraine’s Kherson Claims Relocation ‘Temporary’

A Russian zookeeper accused of stealing animals from a zoo in Ukraine’s Kherson amid Russian forces’ retreat from the city told The Moscow...

Raising the flag

In Photos: Zelensky Surprises Locals With Unannounced Visit to Liberated Kherson

President Volodymyr Zelensky on Monday visited the newly liberated city of Kherson in southern Ukraine following the retreat of Russian forces across the...

trail of destruction

Russian Atrocities in Kherson Region Same as Other Regions – Zelensky

President Volodymyr Zelensky said Sunday that Ukrainian forces that retook the city of Kherson found evidence of new war crimes by Russian occupiers. "The...

Kirill Stremousov

Funeral of Senior Russian-Installed Kherson Official Held in Crimea

Kirill Stremousov, the deputy head of the Moscow-installed administration in the occupied Kherson region of Ukraine, was buried in the Crimean city of...

Russia Says Withdrawal From Ukraine’s Kherson Completed

Russia said Friday it had completed its withdrawal of forces from the southern city of Kherson, two days after Moscow said it had made the "difficult...

Kherson Museum Art Collection Looted Ahead of Russian Retreat

A collection of paintings from the Oleksii Shovkunenko Art Museum in the capital of the occupied Ukrainian region of Kherson have been removed and transferred...

Russian Defense Ministry Says Retreat From Kherson Has Begun

The Russian Defense Ministry said Thursday that it had begun to pull its troops back across the Dnipro River in southern Ukraine’s Kherson region...

mixed reactions

Kremlin Loyalists Rally Behind Military as Kherson Withdrawal Set to Begin

High-profile Kremlin loyalists voiced support for the military’s decision to withdraw from the strategic southern Ukrainian city of Kherson on Wednesday...

Russia Orders Retreat from Occupied City of Kherson

Updates with reaction and details. The Russian Defense Ministry said Wednesday it was withdrawing its forces over the Dnipro River in southern Ukraine&rsquo...

Kirill Stremousov

Deputy Head of Russian-Occupied Kherson Region Dies in Car Crash

Updates with reaction and details. Kirill Stremousov, the vocal deputy head of the Moscow-installed administration in the occupied Kherson region...

outages resolved

Kremlin Proxies Say Electricity Restored in Ukraine's Kherson

Kremlin-installed authorities in Ukraine's southern region of Kherson said Tuesday that power had been fully restored to its main city, after blaming Kyiv...

Putin Says Civilians 'Must Be Removed' From Kherson as Battle Looms

Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Friday that the remaining civilian population should be evacuated from the city of Kherson in Russian-occupied...

Kherson Forms Territorial Defense Unit in Face of Ukrainian Advance

The Moscow-installed authorities in Ukraine's southern Kherson region formed a territorial defense unit on Monday and have urged men across the region...

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