Ukraine pounded and exodus mounts as Russia seizes key city
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Russian troops seized Kherson, the first major Ukrainian city to fall in a war that has drawn global outrage and driven one million civilians from their
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Airborne Russian forces land in Ukraine's second-largest city, sparking fierce street battles; Kyiv says more than 350 civilians, including 14 children, killed since invasion began
Russian airborne troops landed in the eastern Ukrainian city of Kharkiv on Wednesday and claimed to have surrounded the southern Ukrainian city of Kherson as the war entered its seventh day. Presiden…
Twenty-one people were killed in Kharkiv as a result of what appeared to be a Russian rocket attack. Russia claims it has taken over the southern Ukrainian city of Kherson, but Ukrainian officials sharply dispute this.
Russian forces seized the southern city of Kherson and besieged other cities, with casualties and destruction mounting, as Western sanctions tightened their vise grip on Russia’s economy.
Russian troops seized Kherson, the first major Ukrainian city to fall in a war that has drawn global outrage and driven one million civilians from their
It's the first city that's fallen since Russian forces invaded a little over a week ago. But they seem to be stalled north of the capital Kyiv, where Ukrainian forces and volunteers are resisting.
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.
Russia announces takeover of city of Kherson, population 280,000; heavy fighting on outskirts of strategic port city of Mariupol; Russia's 40-mile long convoy stalled outside Kyiv
Kherson, a strategic port city on a river near the Black Sea, would be the first city Russia has seized since it invaded Ukraine more than a week ago. Also, Russia's huge military convoy is still stalled north of Kyiv, and the invasion has driven a grim new total of refugees from the country.
The advances are happening most notably in the south of the country, where Russian troops have entered the Black Sea port of Kherson. It's not yet clear if the city has fallen.
On the eighth day of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Russia continued advancing along Ukraine’s coastline. So far, Russia has taken over Kherson, a Black Sea port, and encircled another port city on the Azov Sea, leaving residents without electricity.
