Russia-Ukraine war at a glance: what we know on day 375 of the invasion Ukrainian forces ‘hold off over 130 attacks’ in Bakhmut; woman and two children killed by Russian shelling in Kherson region The Guardian - UK · Mar 5, 2023
Woman and two children killed in Russian shelling in southern Ukraine A woman and two children were killed in Russian mortar shelling of a village in the southern Ukrainian region of Kherson, the head of Ukraine's presidential office said on Sunday. Reuters · Mar 5, 2023
What happened in the Russia-Ukraine war this week? Catch up with the must-read news and analysis The relentless battle for Bakhmut; Russian plane blown up near Minsk; Putin claims west seeks to ‘dismember’ Russia The Guardian - AU · Mar 3, 2023
Ukrainians say they were pressured to register babies as Russian during occupation The moment her grand-daughter was born, Olha Lukina, 65, rushed to a registry office. It was one of the last still providing Ukrainian citizenship for newborns in the southern city of Kherson which was then under Russian occupation. Reuters · Mar 3, 2023
Torture chambers in Ukraine's Kherson 'financed by Russian state' -investigators A network of at least 20 torture chambers in the recently liberated southern Ukrainian region of Kherson was "planned and directly financed by the Russian State," war crimes investigators said on Thursday, citing new evidence. Reuters · Mar 2, 2023
Kherson torture centres were planned by Russian state, say lawyers Investigators say sites set up during occupation of Ukrainian city were part of ‘calculated plan to terrorise’ locals The Guardian - UK · Mar 2, 2023
The battle to keep Ukraine connected to the internet amid Russian missile attacks Ukraine's access to the internet is under attack from Russian rocket strikes. The people are fighting back with death-defying repair crews and truckloads of satellite internet. ABC News · Feb 26, 2023
One year on: How is Ukraine's resistance holding up? One year after the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine, FRANCE 24 brings you an special 35-minute report on the Ukrainian resistance. Our reporter Gwendoline Debono went to meet resistants in the southern Kherson region, which was retaken from Russian forces last November. The clandestine actions of these ordinary citizens, driven… France 24 · Feb 25, 2023
Inside Putin's torture chamber as Russian troops accused of nearly 90,000 war crimes Ukrainian victims of Russian war crimes have recounted the disturbing levels of violence inflicted upon them by Vladimir's Putin's men - with one man alleging he was held for days and electrocuted Daily Mirror · Feb 25, 2023
Refugees, mass graves and liberation: A year on the ground in Ukraine – in pictures from The Independent’s Bel Trew Across multiple trips since the start of Russia’s invasion, Bel Trew has been charting the devastating impact of the war on people all over Ukraine The Independent UK · Feb 25, 2023
Kherson's underground resistance: How ordinary people fought Russia from the shadows Residents of the Russian-speaking city became partisans who fought for the independence of Ukraine. The nine-month occupation is over, but Russia continues to shell the city. WEKU · Feb 25, 2023
Ukraine's shadow soldiers: Meeting resistance fighters in Kherson region One year after the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine, FRANCE 24 brings you a special 35-minute report, co-produced with Arte. Our reporter Gwendoline Debono went to meet resistants in the southern Kherson region, which was retaken from Russian forces last November. The clandestine actions of these ordinary citizens played a… France 24 · Feb 24, 2023
Ukraine war: major developments since Russia's invasion After stunning Ukrainian counter-attacks forced Russian invaders into humiliating retreat on several fronts in the second half of 2022, Moscow has rebounded with small but steady advances in eastern Ukraine as the war marks its first anniversary. Reuters · Feb 24, 2023
The hundreds of desperate Ukrainian children saved by Labour peer who fled Nazis Refugee campaigner Lord Alf Dubs – himself evacuated as a child from Nazi Germany via the Kindertransport - began raising Valya Pylypenko’s case to then Home Secretary Priti Patel, in the House of Lords, to news outlets and to civil servants Daily Mirror · Feb 23, 2023
Reuters · Feb 23, 2023 Despite dashed hopes, some in Ukrainian city Kherson refuse to leave Vladyslav Antoniuk felt euphoric three months ago when he returned to his home city Kherson, the day Ukrainian troops rolled back in and jubilant residents waved blue and yellow flags in the main square to celebrate.
France 24 · Feb 22, 2023 In Ukraine's Kherson, dozens of children deported to Russia The Ukrainian government says Russia has illegally deported more than 16,000 children to Russian territory since 2014, a practice that intensified after Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine a year ago. Not all children are taken by force, but evidence is mounting of a coordinated effort to indoctrinate Ukrainian children and…
Chicago Tribune · Feb 22, 2023 Commentary: The first year of war in Ukraine has defied predictions If you told me a year ago that the Russian army would be performing as incompetently in Ukraine as it is today, I would have responded with a sarcastic chuckle. And yet, 12 months into Europe’s bloodiest conflict since World War II, this is precisely what has occurred. The Ukrainians…
Reuters · Feb 21, 2023 Six killed in Russian rocket attack as Putin delivers speech, Ukraine says At least one Russian rocket slammed into a busy street in the southern Ukrainian city of Kherson killing six people, officials said, as Russian President Vladimir Putin delivered a speech marking a year of war in Ukraine.
The Guardian - UK · Feb 19, 2023 ‘I too was an orangutan in a zoo’: Russia’s bizarre propaganda in Ukraine Radio scripts found in liberated Kherson mix Soviet nostalgia with supposed humour and veiled threats
The Guardian - UK · Feb 18, 2023 Kherson’s weary holdouts recall occupation ‘nightmare’ as bombs fall The city was liberated in November but ever since the Russians have been bombarding it from across the Dnieper River
The Independent UK · Feb 17, 2023 Ukrainian refugees safe, but not at peace, after year of war Nearly a year has passed since the Feb. 24, 2022, invasion sent millions of people fleeing across Ukraine’s border into neighboring countries
The Independent UK · Feb 17, 2023 Key moments in a year of war after Russia invaded Ukraine The war in Ukraine has killed thousands, forced millions to flee their homes, reduced entire cities to rubble and fueled fears the confrontation could escalate into an open conflict between Russia and NATO
Reuters · Feb 16, 2023 Ukraine war: major developments since Russia's invasion After stunning Ukrainian counter-attacks forced Russian invaders into humiliating retreat on several fronts in the second half of 2022, Moscow has rebounded with small but steady advances in eastern Ukraine as the war's first anniversary nears on Feb. 24.
The Independent UK · Feb 13, 2023 Satellite imagery shows intense fighting on Ukraine frontline amid new Russian offensive Russian forces have unleashed fatal missile attacks on Kherson as Moscow claims soldiers have advanced 2km west into Ukraine in four days
Evening Standard · Feb 2, 2023 As Vladimir Putin prepares for ‘maximum escalation’, will the US go the distance? War is about waiting. HIMARs wait to fire. Conscripts wait to advance. Generals wait for the order. This near year long war is wrapped in this uneasy waiting as offensives are readied. Russia’s mobilised battalions have reinforced its fronts. Ukrainian depots and patrols, starkly different from a year ago, are…