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Kherson

Port city on the Dnipro
Kherson is the administrative center of the Kherson Oblast, located on the right bank of the Dnipro River. The city's area is 135.7 km². As of March 1, 2015, the population of Kherson was 296,161 people. Kherson was founded in 1778 as a fortress and port, playing a key role in the development of shipbuilding and trade in the Black Sea region. The city is known as the country's “fruit basket” due to significant agricultural production. From early March 2022, the city was under temporary Russian occupation, but on November 11, 2022, during a counteroffensive, Kherson was liberated by Ukrainian forces.
1778
Founding of the city of Kherson
1803
Kherson received the status of a provincial city, which contributed to its development
1834
Opening of the first higher educational institution, a theological seminary
1873
Launch of railway communication
1918
Founding of Kherson State University
1944
Liberation of the city from Nazi occupation
2022
Liberation of the city from Russian occupation
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Sowing season 2024: Ukrainian farmers have already sown more than 2 million hectares of grain

According to the Ministry of Agrarian Policy, Ukraine has planted more than 2 million hectares of spring grains and legumes, including corn, barley, wheat, peas, and oats.

Economy • April 19, 04:32 PM • 52025 views
Kharkiv region: SBU exposes employees of strategic plant who wanted to sell classified documents to russia

In Kharkiv region, Ukrainian law enforcement officers neutralized a russian agent group that was trying to smuggle classified documents from a local strategic plant to russia. The detainees were notified of suspicion of treason and face life imprisonment.

War in Ukraine • April 19, 09:48 AM • 16078 views
Russians massively shelled Kherson at night: three wounded

At night, Russians massively shelled residential areas of Kherson, damaging buildings and structures, resulting in three civilians sustaining explosive wounds and injuries.

War in Ukraine • April 19, 08:30 AM • 100822 views
Ukraine again receives emergency electricity aid from Europe, there are restrictions in Kharkiv region and Kryvyi Rih - Energy Ministry

Due to significant damage to energy facilities and a drop in temperatures, restrictions were imposed on industry to meet consumer needs using electricity generated domestically, imports, and emergency aid from neighboring countries.

War in Ukraine • April 19, 07:46 AM • 29858 views
Another pro-Russian political party banned in Ukraine

Another pro-Russian political party, the Social Patriotic Assembly of Slavs (SPAS), has been banned in Ukraine. This decision was made by the Eighth Administrative Court of Appeal in Lviv.

War in Ukraine • April 19, 07:18 AM • 56177 views
Russians hit medical facility, heating pipeline and gas pipeline in Kherson region, 3 wounded - RMA

In Kherson region, Russian troops shelled residential areas, damaging 5 multi-storey buildings, 8 private houses, a medical facility, an administrative building, a heating main and a gas pipeline, injuring 3 people.

War in Ukraine • April 19, 05:54 AM • 26366 views
Ukrainian defenders repel 17 attacks in Bakhmut sector - General Staff

Ukrainian defenders fought 71 combat engagements, repelling most of the Russian attacks in the Bakhmut sector, where the enemy stormed Ukrainian positions 17 times.

War in Ukraine • April 18, 05:37 PM • 62304 views
Two more teenagers from Kherson region rescued from Russian occupation

Two teenagers deprived of parental care have been safely returned from the Russian occupation to the territory controlled by Ukraine and are receiving the necessary assistance.

War in Ukraine • April 18, 01:53 PM • 17736 views
Ukraine is facing electricity shortage, emergency aid from Europe has been brought in, there are limitations - energy officials

Due to Russian attacks and cold weather, Ukraine is facing electricity shortages, which have resulted in consumption restrictions for business and industry from 6 to 10 pm, with the exception of critical infrastructure and defense enterprises, while households in Kharkiv region continue to experience power outages.

War in Ukraine • April 18, 09:00 AM • 27543 views
Two enemy Shaheeds shot down in Poltava region at night

At night, Ukrainian air defense forces destroyed two enemy Shahed-136/131 drones in Poltava region.

War in Ukraine • April 18, 08:08 AM • 27569 views
Ukrainian Defense Forces destroy all 13 enemy "shaheds" in the sky over Ukraine at night

All 13 Shahed-131/136 drones launched by Russia to attack Ukraine at night were destroyed by Ukrainian air defense forces.

War in Ukraine • April 18, 06:19 AM • 30547 views
16 wounded in Kherson region as a result of Russian strikes, enemy "Shahed" destroyed at night

Over the past 24 hours, Russian troops shelled residential areas in Kherson region, damaging buildings and a car, injuring 16 people, and Ukrainian air defense destroyed a Russian drone.

War in Ukraine • April 18, 05:27 AM • 28805 views
Over the day, russia launched 4 missile strikes, 57 air attacks, and 89 salvo attacks

Over the past day, 87 combat engagements took place, during which russia launched 4 missile strikes, 57 air strikes and 89 attacks from multiple launch rocket systems at Ukrainian positions and localities.

War in Ukraine • April 18, 04:39 AM • 27757 views
Kherson region: Russian army drops two UAVs on Beryslav in the evening

As a result of a Russian airstrike on Beryslav, Kherson region, a 67-year-old local resident suffered a concussion and an administrative building was damaged.

War in Ukraine • April 17, 05:56 PM • 40447 views
In Kherson region, a court ruling prevents the misuse of more than 190 hectares of land of educational institutions

The courts of Kherson and Odesa regions ruled to stop the misuse of more than 190 hectares of land worth UAH 41 million belonging to educational institutions, which, in violation of the law, were used for commercial purposes instead of educational ones.

Society • April 17, 05:20 PM • 60829 views
russians have involved minors in the production of "shaheds", including children illegally taken from Ukraine - Center of National Resistance

russians involved minors, including children taken from the occupied Ukrainian territories, in the production of Iranian kamikaze drones in Tatarstan.

Society • April 17, 04:18 PM • 26866 views
He shot a resident of Kyiv region during the battles for the capital: the shooter was sentenced to 12 years in prison

A 29-year-old Russian contract soldier who shot and killed a local resident during the battle for Kyiv will be sentenced to 12 years in prison.

War in Ukraine • April 17, 12:26 PM • 32514 views
In the South, the occupiers have reduced the use of reconnaissance drones tenfold - Defense Forces

In the south of Ukraine, the military repelled nine russian assaults and continued counter-battery combat. Defense forces eliminated 104 occupants and 9 units of russian military equipment.

Society • April 17, 11:40 AM • 23888 views
Memorial complex of war graves in Lviv: what will it look like

Architects Viktor Golubev and Dmytro Reifschneider won an architectural competition in Lviv to create a memorial complex for the war graves of the Heroes of Ukraine. The conceptual design includes a burial area, a memorial park, a museum, a monument to an unknown soldier, a chapel, and a columbarium.

Society • April 17, 11:19 AM • 24314 views
The Ministry of Energy: 17 settlements were cut off from electricity supply due to bad weather: power engineers restored power supply to 51 thousand consumers

Due to the deteriorating weather conditions and hostilities in Ukraine, 17 settlements were cut off from electricity, and power companies restored power supply to 51,000 consumers.

War in Ukraine • April 17, 09:08 AM • 39159 views
In Crimea, after the night explosions, traffic on the highway in the Dzhankoya district was partially blocked

Traffic on the highway near Dzhankoy in Crimea is partially blocked from the city to the village of Peremozhne due to reports of explosions and a fire at a military airfield.

War in Ukraine • April 17, 07:10 AM • 29134 views
5 people wounded in Kherson region due to russian shelling

russian troops shelled settlements in the Kherson region, wounding 5 people and causing significant material damage.

War in Ukraine • April 17, 05:11 AM • 22465 views
Former SES employee sentenced to 10 years for cooperation with russian occupiers

A former employee of the State Emergency Service in Kherson region was sentenced to 10 years in prison for collaborating with russian occupation forces.

War in Ukraine • April 16, 11:53 PM • 23713 views
Media demand Humeniuk's dismissal from the post of communications officer of OK "Pivden": what caused the discontent

The journalists demand the dismissal of Natalia Humeniuk from her position as communications officer of the South military command for banning coverage of Russia's war crimes and imposing unjustified restrictions on the work of the media.

War in Ukraine • April 16, 08:54 PM • 25149 views
Several explosions occurred in Kherson: what is known

The Russian army shelled the city of Kherson from the temporarily occupied left bank. The head of the Kherson MVA urged residents to stay away from windows and take care of themselves and their loved ones.

War in Ukraine • April 16, 06:09 PM • 23776 views
4 projects of hospitals underground are being implemented in Kherson region - RMA

Four underground hospitals, including a perinatal center, an operating hospital, a blood center and an infectious disease hospital, will be implemented in Kherson Oblast.

War in Ukraine • April 16, 02:01 PM • 15549 views
Occupants attack Kherson: explosions are heard in the city

Russian troops shell the coastal areas of Kherson from the temporarily occupied left bank.

War in Ukraine • April 16, 01:53 PM • 15460 views
In the occupied Kherson region, it is planned to increase the number of hours for studying rewritten history: new textbooks are already being delivered

Starting September 1, 2025, schools in the Russian-occupied Kherson region will increase the number of history lessons to erase Ukrainian identity and rewrite history from the Russian point of view, the National Resistance Center reports.

War in Ukraine • April 16, 12:50 PM • 20821 views
In Odesa region, it was calculated how many Ukrainian cultural monuments were destroyed by the Russian armed forces

Since the beginning of the full-scale Russian invasion in the Odesa region of Ukraine, more than 120 cultural monuments, including 18 of national importance, have been destroyed or damaged.

War in Ukraine • April 16, 10:02 AM • 17377 views
Attempted assassination attempt on the head of Kherson RMA: SBU details detention of Russian agent

The Security Service of Ukraine detained a Russian agent who was spying on civilian and military targets in Kherson region under the guise of a taxi driver. It was on the basis of the agent's coordinates and "tips" that the occupiers tried to shoot at the car of the head of the Kherson RMA.

War in Ukraine • April 16, 08:43 AM • 24074 views