Medical services have been severely disrupted all across Ukraine since Russia began its invasion in February 2022.Credit…Lynsey Addario for The New York Times Chronic diseases have gone untreated. Villagers have not been allowed to leave their homes to obtain much-needed medicines. With their closest medical center destroyed, some Ukrainians have been forced to take perilous […]
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At Least 7 Killed in Kherson Shelling, Fueling Anger Over Christmas Strikes
Bridget Brink, the U.S. ambassador to Ukraine, condemned the “brutal” strike on a city whose citizens had “already suffered so much” when retreating Russian forces cut off power and water to Kherson on their way out. “Truly horrific, especially on Christmas Eve,” she tweeted. Russia’s war in Ukraine is now fought in two largely separate […]
Russian Shelling Cuts Power to Kherson as Lavrov Defends Strikes: Live Updates
Waiting at a food stand operating on a generator in a darkened city after a wave of Russian missile strikes on energy facilities across Ukraine last week.Credit…Brendan Hoffman for The New York Times As Ukrainian officials warned that Moscow was preparing to launch yet another wave of missile strikes aimed at destroying the nation’s energy […]
Exhumed Grave Near Kherson Shows Brutality of Russia’s Occupation: Live Updates
The Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant on the banks of the Dnipro River in August.Credit…David Guttenfelder for The New York Times KYIV, Ukraine — Following a string of Ukrainian military successes in the south, the Kremlin sought on Monday to tamp down speculation that Russian forces would withdraw from the Zaporizhzhia nuclear complex, with President Vladimir […]
Kherson Evacuates Hospitals Under Relentless Russian Shelling
KYIV — As Russia’s invasion of Ukraine entered its 10th month, Russian artillery pounded the strategic southern port city of Kherson two weeks after retreating from it, killing at least 10 civilians and wounding dozens more — and on Friday, triggering a hospital evacuation. Russian forces shelled the city and surrounding area 49 times on […]
Electrical Cords, Metal Pipes: In Kherson, Signs of Torture Emerge
KHERSON, Ukraine — To reach the dank, eerie basement where the Russian police detained Ukrainian civilians required navigating a crumbling concrete stairway into a dark abyss below. The site still reeked of smoke from a fire. Plastic zip ties used for binding hands were scattered around the hallway, along with yard-long sections of plastic and […]
Zelensky Visits Kherson After Russia’s Retreat: Russia-Ukraine War Live Updates
Smoke rises near the badly damaged Antonivsky Bridge in Kherson as Russian and Ukrainian troops exchanged artillery fire on Monday.Credit…Lynsey Addario for The New York Times KYIV, Ukraine — Ukrainian and Russian forces traded fire on Monday from across the broad expanse of the Dnipro River that now divides them after Russia’s retreat from the […]
Russia-Ukraine War: Ukraine Rushes Supplies to Kherson as Military Assesses Destruction
Civilians and soldiers in the central square of Kherson on Saturday, gathered around a satellite dish set up for people to communicate with loved ones.Credit…Lynsey Addario for The New York Times KHERSON, Ukraine — Ukrainian officials were preparing on Sunday to race food, water and medicine to the city of Kherson just two days after […]
Amid Joy in Kherson, a Humanitarian Disaster Looms
KHERSON, Ukraine — Ukrainian soldiers worked to secure the city of Kherson on Saturday and battled Russian forces on its outskirts, the military said, one day after Ukraine’s special forces entered the southern port city to rapturous cheers from residents who had endured months of Russian occupation. Despite the Russian withdrawal, the Ukrainian military’s intelligence […]
Ukraine’s Troops Enter Kherson as Russia Retreats From City: Live Updates
A satellite image showing a damaged section of the Nova Kakhovka dam, in Nova Kakhovka, Ukraine, east of Kherson, on Friday.Credit…Maxar Technologies/AP KYIV, Ukraine — Shelling and an explosion in recent days near a critical dam that spans the Dnipro River north of Kherson city in Ukraine have heightened concerns about the risk of possible […]