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The Latest Breaking News from Kherson

What happened in the Russia-Ukraine war this week? Catch up with the must-read news and analysis

Russia continues its relentless assault on Ukraine’s power grid; Putin rejoins UN grain export deal in humiliating U-turn; Kherson residents defy Russian call to evacuate city

The Guardian - AU

Conflicting reports of curfew in Ukraine's Kherson

A Russian-installed official in the Ukrainian region of Kherson said on Friday that a curfew had been imposed in the city but then swiftly backtracked and said no such limits were in place.

Reuters

Vladimir Putin says civilians must be evacuated from Kherson war zone

Russia digs in in preparation for expected attempt by Ukraine to take key southern city, setting scene for possible ferocious battle

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Putin says civilians in Ukraine's Kherson should be evacuated

Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Friday that civilians in Ukraine's Kherson region should be evacuated from the conflict zone, the Kremlin chief's first acknowledgement of a deteriorating situation in a region he claims to have annexed.

Reuters

Russia ‘withdrawal’ from Kherson city could be a trap, says Ukraine

No immediate confirmation of a military retreat from Moscow in Kherson

The Independent UK

Zelensky: Russian Strikes Leave 4.5 Million without Power in Ukraine

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Thursday that Russia's campaign against Ukraine's energy network has left around 4.5 million people without power. The two sides' forces continued to battle without significant change on the ground on the eastern and southern Ukraine fronts, with preparations building for a fight over the southern…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Russia-Ukraine war: 24-hour curfew imposed in Kherson as Putin calls for people to leave city – as it happened

Russian-installed governor of region says curfew necessary ‘in order to defend our city’ from what he referred to as ‘terrorist attacks’

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Russia signals possible Kherson retreat, but Ukraine wary

Battle for Kherson grinds on as 4.5 million Ukrainians left without power amid Russian attacks on energy infrastructure.

Al Jazeera

Russia-Ukraine war at a glance: what we know on day 254 of the invasion

UN nuclear watchdog finds no sign of undeclared nuclear activity in Ukraine following Russian ‘dirty bomb’ allegations; Kyiv fears Moscow is setting a trap by feigning a pull-out in Kherson

The Guardian - AU

Putin endorses evacuation of parts of Ukraine's Kherson region

Russian President Vladimir Putin publicly endorsed the evacuation of civilians from parts of Ukraine's southern Kherson region on Friday, the latest sign of Russia's retreat in one of the most bitterly contested areas in Ukraine.

Reuters

Minister warns of escalating cyber attacks, US says Ukraine could retake Kherson, and paintballs to be shot at wolves — as it happened

The news Australia is searching for, and all the news that happened while you snoozed: This is The Loop, your quick catch-up for this morning's stories as they happen.

ABC News

Russian ambassador claims UK involved in drone attack on Black Sea fleet

Andrei Kelin says Britain ‘too deep in this conflict’ as speculation grows over Russian withdrawal from Kherson region

The Guardian - UK

Russian commanders ‘fleeing Kherson and leaving behind ill-equipped troops’

Western officials say commanders ’leaving demoralised and leaderless men to face Ukrainian assaults’

The Independent UK

Ukraine capable of retaking Kherson from Russia -Pentagon chief

Ukrainian forces can retake the strategic southern city of Kherson from Russian troops, U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said on Thursday, in what would be a major defeat for Russia in its invasion of its neighbor.

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Key developments in Ukraine's Kherson region since invasion

Ukrainian forces are gearing up for a battle to retake the strategically important city of Kherson, with the outcome likely to prove decisive for Kyiv's hopes of driving Russian troops from southern Ukraine.

The Guardian - UK

‘I am staying here’: Kherson residents defy Russian call to evacuate city

Those who have stayed behind in first major city captured in Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine anxiously await liberation

Evening Standard

Vladimir Putin set to withdraw forces from Kherson in big setback for his Ukraine invasion - western officials

Vladimir Putin has “well advanced” plans to order a retreat from Kherson, the largest city held by Russian forces in Ukraine, in another major setback for his invasion, western officials said on Thursday.

Reuters

Russian-installed official: Russian units likely to quit western bank of Dnipro river

A Russian-installed official in Ukraine's southern Kherson region said on Thursday that Russia's armed forces were likely to quit the western bank of the Dnipro river, from where Moscow has been evacuating citizens in recent weeks.

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Al Jazeera

Russia sparks global food crisis fears, again, as war grinds on

In the 36th week of war in Ukraine, a grain export deal was threatened after an alleged attack in Crimea.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Zelenskiy Seeks Stronger Defense of Ukraine Grains Export Corridor

The world must respond firmly to any Russian attempts to disrupt Ukraine's grain export corridor, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said, as more ships were loading despite Moscow suspending its participation in a UN-brokered deal. One of the global consequences of Russia's war on its neighbor has been food shortages and a…

Evening Standard

Tens of millions of lives at risk if Putin reimposes grain blockade, says Zelensky

Tens of millions of lives will be put at risk if Vladimir Putin is allowed to reimpose a blockade on grain exports from Ukraine, its president Volodymyr Zelensky warned on Wednesday.

Reuters

Ukraine grain export deal back on track as Russia resumes participation

Russia said on Wednesday it would resume its participation in a deal freeing up grain exports from war-torn Ukraine, reversing a move that world leaders had said threatened to exacerbate global hunger.

Reuters

Empty streets, shuttered shops as Russian-held Kherson braces for battle

The streets and boulevards of the Russian-held port of Kherson in southern Ukraine are virtually empty. Many shops and businesses have been shuttered and, at a jetty on the banks of the Dnipro River, a handful of people board a ferry to leave.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Russia Announces Wider Evacuation of Occupied Southern Ukraine

Russia ordered civilians to leave a sliver of Ukraine along the eastern bank of the Dnipro River, a major extension of an evacuation order that Kyiv says amounts to the forced depopulation of occupied territory. Russia had previously ordered civilians out of a pocket it controls on the west bank…

France 24

Zelensky calls for 'long-term protection' of Ukraine grain corridor

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky said Tuesday that the grain shipping corridor to get food out of his country, part of an agreement Russia has suspended, needs reliable, long-term protection. Lawyers in Britain earlier took the first step towards what they said was "groundbreaking" legal action against Russia's shadowy Wagner group…

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