Ukraine’s president says Russia fired at least 85 missiles, most of them aimed at his country’s power facilities, and blacked out many cities.
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Reports of abuse, torture emerge as Russia retreats from Kherson
Authorities are to start investigating reports from Kherson residents that Russian forces set up at least three alleged torture sites in now-liberated parts of the wider Kherson region.
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Biden, Zelensky push G-20 to hold tough on Russia, condemn Ukraine war
A draft declaration by leaders of the Group of 20 major economies under discussion Tuesday echoes the condemnation of Russia’s war on Ukraine by the United Nations, while acknowledging differing views among members.
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Zelensky calls liberation of Kherson ‘beginning of the end’
Large parts of Ukraine are still under Russian control, heavy fighting continues around the country, and the city of Kherson itself remains within reach of Moscow’s shells and missiles.
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Kherson Diary: No power, no water but the joy just flows
Kherson was the only provincial capital captured by Russia, seized in the invasion’s first weeks. It was a significant – but as it turned out only temporary.
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Ukrainian police, broadcasts return to long-occupied city
Residents of Kherson, the only regional capital captured by Russia’s military during the ongoing invasion, awoke from a night of jubilant celebrating that broke out in the city and surrounding areas.
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U.S. sending Ukraine $400 million more in military aid
The aid comes as the vote counting from Tuesday’s election continues, with Republicans inching closer to a narrow House majority and with control of the Senate hinging on tight races in Arizona, Nevada and Georgia.
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Russia withdrawing, Ukrainian official fears ‘city of death’
A forced pullout from Kherson – the only provincial capital Moscow had captured after invading Ukraine – would mark one of Russia’s worst setbacks of the war.
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100,000 Russian troops killed or injured in Ukraine, U.S. says
The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff says as many as 40,000 Ukrainian civilians and ‘well over’ 100,000 Russian soldiers have been killed or wounded in the war.
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Russia claims retreat from occupied Kherson, but Ukraine skeptical
Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky has warned that the Russians were feigning a pullout from Kherson to lure the Ukrainian army into an entrenched battle.