Russia Claims It Has Captured Ukrainian City Of Kherson

Russia says its soldiers have captured the southern Ukrainian city of Kherson on day seven of its invasion.

It would be the largest city in the country to be captured by Vladimir Putin’s forces so far.

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Ukraine’s south-eastern port of Mariupol was under constant shelling from Russia and unable to evacuate the injured, authorities said yesterday.

Meanwhile Kherson, on the Black Sea, was completely surrounded by invading forces.

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‘We are fighting, we are not ceasing to defend our motherland,’ Mariupol mayor Vadym Boichenko said live on Ukrainian TV.

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