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Russia attacks Ukraine’s Kherson with dozens of drones in deadly overnight strike

Russia fired almost 50 Shahed drones at targets in Ukraine and shelled a train station where more than 100 civilians were gathered to catch a train to Kyiv, Ukrainian officials said Wednesday. The barrages killed at least five people and knocked out power in most of the southern city of…

France 24

Russia-Ukraine war live: majority of Kherson without electricity due to shelling, says governor – as it happened

Oleksandr Prokudin said that 70% of subscribers’ had been left without electricity

The Guardian - AU

Putin’s forces bomb railway station in Kherson as over 100 civilians wait to be evacuated

At least one police officer killed and four others injured in Tuesday’s attack, interior minister Ihor Klymenko says

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Ukraine says at least one killed in Russian attack on Kherson rail station

Ukrainian authorities say Russian shelling of a train station kills a police officer and injures four others.

Al Jazeera

Inside Ukraine's covert Center 73, where clandestine missions shape the war behind the frontline

Ukrainian special forces officers spent six months on their mission to establish a bridgehead across the Dnipro River in southern Ukraine after an explosion destroyed the dam upstream

The Independent UK

Terrifying Attacks Claim Lives in Kherson and Horlivka

Amidst the escalating tensions in Ukraine, devastating attacks claim the lives of six civilians in Kherson and Horlivka. The conflict shows no signs of aba...

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Russian shelling kills 4 as Ukraine prepares to observe Christmas on Dec. 25 for the first time

Russian shelling in southern Ukraine’s Kherson region has killed four people as Ukraine prepares to officially celebrate Christmas on Dec. 25 instead of Jan. 7

The Independent UK

Russia-Ukraine war: frontline troops suffering from ‘exceptional rat and mice infestation’ – as it happened

Troops from both sides suffering as a result of mild autumn and abundance of food for rodents, says UK intelligence

The Guardian - AU

Russia-Ukraine war: Kremlin claims Kyiv pulled out of peace talks last year ‘at Britain’s insistence’ – as it happened

Spokesperson for the Russian government claims UK ‘forbade’ negotiations with Russia

The Guardian - AU

Mr Fifty Percent: the former Ukraine mayor doing Putin’s work in Kherson

He faced a police investigation over an alleged contract killing, but Volodymyr Saldo is now beyond the reach of Ukrainian law

The Guardian - UK

Russia-Ukraine war: Ukraine hit by one of the worst cyber attacks of the war, says UK – as it happened

The attack, which took place this week, lasted 48 hours and caused huge disruption, UK intelligence said

The Guardian - AU

‘Forged documents’: how Ukrainian grain may be enriching Putin’s circle

Bumper grain crop celebrated in Russia can be explained by ‘looting’ of occupied territory, say prosecutors

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Russia-Ukraine war: more Ukrainian children to be returned from Russia – as it happened

Reuters news agency says children are en route to Ukraine via Moscow, under deal brokered by Qatar

The Guardian - AU

Russia-Ukraine war: Poland will demand EU restores permits for Ukrainian truckers as first vehicles cross border – as it happened

Polish prime minister says ‘we will strongly and unequivocally’ demand restoration of permits in de-escalation of border trade blockade

The Guardian - AU

Russia-Ukraine war at a glance: what we know on day 649

Ukraine investigates alleged ‘execution’ of Ukrainian soldiers trying to surrender; Volodymyr Zelenskiy reports ‘intense battles’ at dozens of locations

The Guardian - UK

‘My mum’s books survived Putin’s missiles’: defiance after blast destroys Kherson children’s library

A Ukrainian library to which Ed Vulliamy donated works by his late mother, the author Shirley Hughes, is trying to rebuild itself

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The Guardian - AU

Russia-Ukraine war at a glance: what we know on day 645

Ukraine says strike in Kherson killed five senior Russian officials; no war fatigue among allies – ‘Nato knows we have to win’

France 24

The Dnipro River, a new key front line for Ukraine’s counteroffensive against Russia

Ukraine confirmed this week that it had managed to maintain its positions along the left bank of the Dnipro River, which had been completely under Russian control. These successes suggest that a major Ukrainian counteroffensive, aimed at reclaiming Crimea, could soon be under way.

Al Jazeera

Ukraine battles ‘elaborate’ Russian defences as Putin condemns Israel’s war

Putin says world should try and stop ‘tragedy’ in Gaza as Russian forces reportedly kill civilians in Ukraine’s Kherson.

The Conversation

Kherson one year on: a city bereft of its younger residents and still bombarded by Russian forces across the river

It is a year now since Ukrainian forces liberated Kherson. I knew it before the war as a polyglot and bustling port city (if still determinedly Soviet in feel) sitting largely on the western (right) bank of the mighty Dnipro River.

The Guardian - AU

Russia-Ukraine war: Germany calls on Putin to take first step towards peace – as it happened

‘He must withdraw troops,’ Olaf Scholz said during a visit to Nuthetal in Brandenburg state

France 24

'Fiery hell': Ukraine secures multiple strategic areas along eastern bank of Dnipro River

Ukraine's marine corps said Friday it has secured multiple bridgeheads on the eastern bank of the Dnieper River in the Kherson region in fighting it described as having left nearly 3,500 Russians killed or wounded and dozens of ammunition depots, tanks, armored vehicles and other weaponry destroyed.

The Guardian - UK

Ukrainian military reports ‘successful operations’ on Dnipro River’s east bank

Military says troops have conducted a series of operations having established positions on left bank

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