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How far are Ukraine and Russia from negotiations?

Talks are a distant prospect, experts warn, as battlefield realities and winter will dictate the strategic calculus.

Al Jazeera · Nov 11, 2022

Explainer-Why Ukraine's southern Kherson region is a strategic prize

Ukrainian troops were greeted by joyous residents in the centre of Kherson on Friday after Russia abandoned the only regional capital it had captured since its invasion in February.

Reuters · Nov 11, 2022

EXPLAINER: How important is a Russian retreat from Kherson?

Ukrainian officials say flags are appearing “en masse and all over the place” in the wake of Russia’s retreat from the southern region of Kherson

The Independent UK · Nov 11, 2022

Explainer-Why Ukraine's southern Kherson region is a strategic prize

Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu on Wednesday ordered his troops to withdraw from the west bank of the Dnipro River in the face of Ukrainian attacks near the southern city of Kherson, in a potential turning point in the war.

Reuters · Nov 9, 2022

Crimea bridge repairs ‘will disrupt Russian supplies until September 2023’

Repair work is expected to disrupt traffic until March next year

Evening Standard · Nov 9, 2022

Why the battle for Kherson is so significant to a desperate Vladimir Putin

As Ukraine gains ground and pushes Russian forces back, one city looms large as key to its victory. Kherson is the last regional capital under Russian control, losing it would be a blow to Vladimir Putin.

ABC News · Nov 5, 2022

Ukrainian forces brace for bloody fight for Kherson

Oleh, the commander of a Ukrainian mechanized infantry unit dug into trenches west of Kherson, is confident his Russian foes will be forced to abandon the strategic port by winter weather, logistical logjams and the threat of encirclement.

Reuters · Nov 4, 2022

Kyiv residents snap up new stamp celebrating Crimean bridge blast

Residents in the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv on Friday snapped up a new postage stamp commemorating a blast that damaged a major bridge linking Russia to Crimea in a blow to the prestige of Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Reuters · Nov 4, 2022

Ukraine issues Crimean Bridge strike stamp on Russia’s Unity Day

Postal service follows up April’s limited edition stamp celebrating attack on Russian flagship Moskva

The Guardian - UK · Nov 4, 2022

Russia protests to British ambassador over drone strike on Crimea

Russia's Foreign Ministry said on Thursday that it had delivered a protest to the British ambassador after summoning her over the alleged involvement of British specialists in a Ukrainian drone strike on Russia's Black Sea Fleet in Crimea last weekend.

Reuters · Nov 3, 2022