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☆ Russia's war on Ukraine latest news: Zelenskiy warns of more attacks on energy infrastructure
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-07 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

Nov 7 (Reuters) - Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy warned against more potential Russian attacks on energy infrastructure, while the mayor of Kyiv urged residents to consider preparing to leave temporarily if the capital lost water and power supplies. * Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy spoke with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen on Sunday to discuss macro-financial aid for Ukraine and further sanctions on Iran, Zelenskiy said. * Iran acknowledged for the first time that it had supplied drones to Moscow, but said they were sent before the war in Ukraine, where Russia has used them to target power stations and civilian infrastructure. FIGHTING, CONFLICTRussia is suffering heavy losses in "fierce" attacks in Ukraine's eastern Donetsk region and is preparing new assaults on Ukrainian energy infrastructure, Zelenskiy said in nightly video remarks on Sunday. * External power has been restored to Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant two days after it was disconnected from the power grid following damage to high-voltage lines from Russian shelling, the United Nations nuclear watchdog said.

☆ U.S. urges Ukraine to be open to talks with Russia-Washington Post
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-06 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +5 min

"Ukraine fatigue is a real thing for some of our partners," it quoted an unnamed U.S. official as saying. Zelenskiy signed a decree on Oct. 4 formally declaring the prospect of any Ukrainian talks with Putin "impossible" but leaving the door open to talks with Russia. If Russia is ready for negotiation, it should stop its bombs and missiles and withdraw its forces from Ukraine. The Kremlin has demonstrated its unwillingness to seriously engage in negotiations since even before it launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine." The fiercest fighting over the last week had taken place around Bakhmut and Soledar, in the eastern Donetsk region about 500 km (300 miles) northeast of Kherson, Zelenskiy said late on Friday.

☆ Ukraine's Russian-held Nova Kakhovka dam damaged in shelling, Russian media report
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-06 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

Nov 6 (Reuters) - Ukraine's Russian-held Nova Kakhovka dam was damaged in shelling by Ukrainian forces, Russian news agencies reported on Sunday, citing emergency services. Russian state-owned news agency TASS quoted a representative of the emergency services as saying that a rocket launched by a U.S.-made HIMARS missile system had hit the dam's lock and caused damaged. The official quoted said it was an "attempt to create the conditions for a humanitarian catastrophe" by breaching the dam. The vast Nova Kakhovka dam, which blocks the Dnipro river upstream of Kherson where Ukrainian forces have been making advances, has taken on vital strategic significance in recent weeks. Reporting by Reuters, Editing by William Maclean and Hugh LawsonOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ Ukraine's Russian-held Nova Kakhovka dam damaged in shelling -Russian media
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-06 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

☆ Ukraine says Russia destroying civilian ships on river in southern standoff
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-06 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

KYIV, Nov 6 (Reuters) - Ukraine's army accused Russia on Sunday of the large-scale destruction of civilian vessels moored on the banks of the Dnipro River in the occupied southern region of Kherson that Kyiv's forces are trying to capture. Ukrainian forces have been piling pressure on Russian troops on the western bank of the Dnipro that bisects Ukraine, fuelling speculation that Moscow's troops are preparing to retreat to the other side. The Ukrainian General Staff's spokesperson said in a statement that the fuel from the destroyed vessels had leaked into the river's delta and also accused Moscow's forces of appropriating the vessels' engines and other equipment. The Ukrainian General Staff gave no explanation for Moscow's actions. Destroying civilian vessels would prevent Ukrainian forces from using them should they decide to cross to the eastern side in the event of any Russian withdrawal.

☆ Putin endorses evacuation of parts of Ukraine's Kherson region
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-05 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a meeting with Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu at the Novo-Ogaryovo state residence, outside Moscow, Russia, October 28, 2022. 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. On Thursday, Kirill Stremousov, deputy head of the Russian-installed occupation administration in Kherson, said Russia was likely to pull its troops from the west bank. Late on Friday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said the fiercest fighting over the last week had taken place around Bakhmut and Soledar, in the eastern Donetsk region about 500 km northeast of Kherson. During the day Ukrainian forces had downed eight Iranian drones and two Russian missiles, Zelenskiy said.

☆ Putin urges Kherson residents to evacuate amid doubts over Russian plans
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-04 | by ( ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +2 min

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. Putin’s remark, which came unprompted after one activist told the Russian president on Red Square about his work delivering Russian flags to Kherson, was shown on state television and reported by state news agency RIA. The comment comes amid growing questions about whether Russian forces will stay and wage a bloody battle for the city of Kherson, or were signaling an imminent retreat. Some Ukrainian officials warned Thursday that signs of a potential Russian withdrawal from the crucial southern city could be a trap. He said that Russian forces would likely soon give up the west bank of the Dnipro to Ukraine.

☆ Ukrainian forces brace for bloody fight for Kherson
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-04 | by ( Jonathan Landay | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +6 min

Kirill Stremousov, deputy head of the Russian-installed administration in Kherson region, said on Thursday that he hoped Russian forces would put up a fight. With control of the Dnipro's west bank, military experts said, Ukrainian forces would have a springboard from which to seize a bridgehead on the east side for an advance on Crimea. A U.S. official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said it appeared the Russians already had begun "an organized, phased withdrawal" from the Dnipro's west bank. But Ukrainian troops could also face serious obstacles that could stall their takeover of Kherson, including booby traps and concentrated Russian artillery and rocket fire from the east bank, Hodges said. The unit, with six armoured personnel carriers, took its positions in September after Ukrainian forces drove Russian troops back to Kherson's border with Mykolaiv province.

☆ Signals that Russia might abandon a crucial occupied city are likely a trap, Ukraine says
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-04 | by ( Mia Jankowicz | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Russian sources suggested that its forces are about to retreat from the strategic city of Kherson. Western intelligence — and some statements from Russia — have noted moves suggesting that Russia may be about to abandon the city, a strategic and symbolic prize should Ukraine reclaim it. Russian soldiers guard an area as a group of foreign journalists visit in Kherson, Kherson region, south Ukraine, May 20, 2022. "While there's some commotion and movement going on, it's not decisive," Kateryna Stepanenko, an ISW Russia analyst, told The Hill. "It doesn't appear that Russians have at this moment entirely given up Kherson city."

☆ Putin says civilians in Ukraine's Kherson should be evacuated
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-04 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

LONDON, Nov 4 (Reuters) - 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. Russian-installed officials in Kherson region, one of four Ukrainian provinces that Putin declared part of Russia at a Kremlin ceremony in September, have pleaded for civilians to leave the region's west, where Ukrainian forces have retaken ground in recent weeks. He said that Russian forces would likely soon give up the west bank of the Dnipro to Ukraine. Ukraine announced a counteroffensive in Kherson in August, driving Russian forces from much of the region's north in September. General Sergei Surovikin, the commander of Russian troops in Ukraine, has previously referred to a difficult situation in Kherson.

☆ Key developments in Ukraine's Kherson region since invasion
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-03 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

It remains the only Ukrainian city that Russian forces have seized intact since the start of their invasion on Feb. 24. July 27 - The Antonivskyi bridge is again hit by Ukrainian forces, this time using U.S.-supplied high mobility artillery rocket systems (HIMARS). Sept 16 - Russian-backed officials say Ukrainian forces have bombarded government buildings in Kherson, killing three people and wounding 13 others. Late October - Ukrainian forces dug in to the north of Kherson city exchange regular rocket, mortar and artillery fire with Russian troops. Nov. 3 - Kirill Stremousov, the Russian-installed deputy civilian administrator of Kherson region, says Russian forces are likely to abandon their foothold on the Dnipro's west bank.

Austin's remarks coincided with a Russian-installed official in Kherson region saying Moscow was likely to pull its troops from the west bank of the Dnipro River, signaling a significant retreat, if confirmed. Ukraine said it was still fighting in the area and was wary of the occupying Russian forces setting a trap. The region's capital and river port Kherson is the only big city Russia has captured intact since its invasion began on Feb. 24. Russia has fought for months to hang on to the pocket of land it holds on the west bank at the mouth of the Dnipro river that bisects Ukraine. Ukraine has targeted the main river crossings for months, making it difficult for Russia to supply its huge force on the west bank.

☆ Russia's war on Ukraine latest news: Russia resumes participation in grain deal
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-03 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

The Russian defence ministry said it had received written guarantees from Kyiv not to use the Black Sea grain corridor for military operations against Russia. * Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said it was important to stand up to "crazy Russian aggression that destabilises international trade." * Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said he and Zelenskiy discussed sending grain to African countries. * The U.N. coordinator for the grain deal said he expects loaded ships to depart Ukrainian ports on Thursday. * The British government said it had sanctioned four Russian steel and petrochemical tycoons in relation to the war in Ukraine.

☆ The surreal Northern Lights
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-02 | by ( Dave Lucas | ) www.reuters.com time to read: 1 min

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.

☆ Russian Occupation Authorities Plan to Move 70,000 From Kherson Area in Ukraine
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-02 | by ( Matthew Luxmoore | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

ODESSA, Ukraine—Russian officials in occupied Kherson said they would begin mandatory transfers of tens of thousands of residents from parts of the region, as Ukraine continues its offensive to recapture the south. The officials said that starting Sunday they would begin relocating residents from the Kakhovsky district on the east bank of the Dnipro River due to what they claim is the possibility of a Ukrainian attack on a strategic dam nearby.

☆ Russia extends evacuation zone in Ukraine's Kherson region
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-01 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Nov 1 (Reuters) - Russian-installed officials in Ukraine's southern Kherson region said on Monday they were extending an evacuation zone from the Dnipro river, repeating claims rejected by Kyiv that Ukraine could be preparing to attack the Kakhovka dam and flood the region. Russia has been evacuating tens of thousands of civilians from the western bank of the Dnipro river in recent weeks, under an advancing Ukrainian counteroffensive. Russian-installed officials are offering civilians one-time payments of 100,000 roubles ($1,628) to leave, and Moscow is providing housing in other regions of Russia, Saldo said. President Vladimir Putin moved to annex the Kherson region last month after staging referendums in four Ukrainian regions that were slammed as sham and illegal by Kyiv and the West. ($1 = 61.43 roubles)Reporting by Jake Cordell; Editing by Kim Coghill and Stephen CoatesOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ Empty streets, shuttered shops as Russian-held Kherson braces for battle
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-01 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

Kherson is Russia", in the course of Russia-Ukraine conflict in the city of Kherson, Russian-controlled Ukraine October 31, 2022. 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. As Ukrainian forces advance to the north and east of the strategic city, Russian-installed officials there have evacuated tens of thousands of civilians in recent weeks. The new area will cover an additional 15-kilometre (nine-mile) zone around the Dnipro, which splits the Kherson region, to include another seven settlements, Saldo said. He repeated claims, rejected by Kyiv, that Ukraine could be preparing to attack the Kakhovka dam and flood the region.

☆ Ukrainian mortar crew wrestles with ammo shortage, dud shells
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-28 | by ( Jonathan Landay | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

"We look for the smoke or if something burns," said Yevhen when asked how the crew knew if they had hit their mark. NOT ENOUGH SHELLS[1/4] A Ukrainian serviceman fires with a mortar toward Russian positions, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in a frontline in Mykolaiv region, Ukraine October 28, 2022. REUTERS/Valentyn Ogirenko TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY 1 2 3 4Last month, many Ukrainian units, including the mortar crew, dug into vast trench networks in adjacent Mykolaiv province as other Ukrainian forces pressed the drive from northeastern portions of the front. Ukrainian gunners avoid hitting the silo, the highest structure for kilometres around, because of its importance to the region's farmers, he said. "My friends replied, ‘We know because we have a Russian radio intercept in which they said one of their drones detected two little boxes coming into the village,'" Zelinskyi added.

☆ Ukrainians hold out in east, prepare battle for Kherson
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-27 | by ( ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +3 min

The most severe fighting in eastern Ukraine was taking place near Avdiivka, outside Donetsk, and Bakhmut, Zelenskyy said. Russian forces have repeatedly tried to seize Bakhmut, which sits on a main road leading to the Ukrainian-held cities of Sloviansk and Kramatorsk. Efrem Lukatsky / APThe looming battle for Kherson city at the mouth of the Dnipro River will determine whether Ukraine can loosen Russia’s grip on the south. Radio intercepts indicated freshly mobilized recruits had been sent to the front and Russian forces were firmly dug in. Ukrainian forces advanced along the Dnipro in a dramatic push in the south at the start of this month, but progress appears to have slowed.

☆ Russians dig in to defend key city of Kherson, Ukrainian forces say
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-26 | by ( Jonathan Landay | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

Kherson's capture could leave thousands of Russian troops trapped on the Dnipro's western bank unable to cross easily to the east. Expectations rose last week that Russian forces were girding to relinquish Kherson, when Moscow-appointed occupation authorities began evacuating tens of thousands of residents by ferries to the Dnipro's east bank. Kherson is the only regional capital Russian forces have taken in the "special military operation" Putin launched in February. But the commander of the Ukrainian unit visited by Reuters on Wednesday saw no sign of Russians leaving. Rusting hulks of Russian armored vehicles marked confrontations with Ukrainian troops who advanced last month some 20 km (12.4 miles) in two days to their current lines.

☆ Explainer: Why Ukraine's southern Kherson region is a strategic prize
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-24 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

Ukraine retaking swathes of Kherson region would deprive Moscow of that land corridor. FRESH WATER SUPPLIESFresh water supply to Crimea would also be imperilled if Ukraine retakes Kherson region. When Russia seized chunks of Kherson region and neighbouring Zaporizhzhia region to the east, it immediately moved to unblock the canal to return fresh water flow. LOGISTICS ROUTESRussian forces are dug in on the right - western - bank of the Dnipro River at the north of Kherson region. BLACK SEA CONTROLThe Kherson region, which had a pre-war population of more than 1 million, lies on the Black Sea.

Without providing evidence, Shoigu said Ukraine could escalate by using a "dirty bomb", or conventional explosives laced with radioactive material. Ukraine does not possess nuclear weapons, while Russia has said it could protect its territory with its nuclear arsenal. 1/3 A local man throws debris out of a broken window in a residential building heavily damaged by a Russian missile attack in Mykolaiv, Ukraine October 23, 2022. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said the Russian attacks on energy infrastructure had struck on a "very wide" scale. Moscow has acknowledged targeting energy infrastructure but denies targeting civilians in what it calls a "special military operation" in Ukraine.

☆ Russia tells people in occupied Kherson to 'save your lives' and leave
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-23 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Summary This content was produced in a part of Russian-controlled Ukraine, where the law restricts coverage of Russian military operations. It's vital to save your lives," Russian Education Minister Sergei Kravtsov said in a video message. Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterThe Kherson region sits to the north of the Crimean peninsula, which Russia annexed in 2014. Civilians evacuated from the Russian-controlled city of Kherson walk from a ferry to board a bus heading to Crimea, in the town of Oleshky, Kherson region, Russian-controlled Ukraine October 23, 2022. "We are not going to give up Kherson," Stremousov said.

☆ Deaths averted in Ukraine missile strikes after flight from earlier attack
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-23 | by ( Jonathan Landay | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

A local man throws debris out of a broken window in a residential building heavily damaged by a Russian missile attack in Mykolaiv, Ukraine October 23, 2022. Mykolaiv regional officials identified the missiles as S-300s, anti-aircraft weapons that Russian forces have been firing at ground targets. Sunday's attack was enough to convince Begun, a shipyard worker, to send his wife and two children to stay with his parents in western Ukraine. Choking back tears, Liudmyla Tuchevska, 48, said her family had fortunately been absent when the missiles struck and that she had learned of the attack from a social media chat. Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterReporting by Jonathan Landay Editing by Gareth JonesOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ Russian officers and medics evacuated from Kherson region leaving inexperienced soldiers to defend the annexed city from advancing Ukrainian forces, says think tank
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-23 | by ( Bethany Dawson | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

"Russia's poorly trained, newly mobilized reservists are very unlikely to stand and resist a Ukrainian counterattack if Ukrainian forces chose to attack them and chase the withdrawing forces," it said. STRINGER/AFP via Getty ImagesKherson, which had a prewar population of 280,000, is the only regional capital to be captured by Russian forces. On Saturday, The UK Ministry of Defense said that Russian forces had built a barge bridge alongside the damaged Antonovskiy bridge in Kherson and forecasted it would become a critical crossing point for retreating Russian forces. The ISW also said that Russian forces are removing patients from the Kakhovka Hospital on the Dnipro's left bank to clear space for anticipated Russian casualties. The reported Russian retreat comes amidst reports of Putin's military faltering in Ukraine, losing momentum, men, and equipment.

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