Kherson

The Sociological Association of Ukraine has condemned Russia's plans to hold presidential elections in the occupied Ukrainian territories in 2024, calling it a tool to legitimize the occupation authorities, and called on sociologists to avoid participating in the electoral process there.

A family in Kherson miraculously escaped death when an enemy shell hit their apartment a few minutes after they went out to celebrate March 8 in the summer kitchen.

According to President Zelenskyy, long-range weapons can change the course of the war, allowing Ukraine to withstand Russian long-range artillery and force them to retreat from the occupied territories.

According to Ukrainian authorities, a Russian drone attack on the village of Olgivka, Kherson region, killed one person and injured another.

The Russian army fired an S-300 anti-aircraft missile at Kirovohrad region on March 7, but there were no civilian casualties.

In the village of Shyroka Balka, Kherson region, a local resident was killed when he hit an explosive device left by the Russian military while tilling the land on March 8.

The Orthodox Church of Ukraine accuses Russia of systematically violating religious freedom and persecuting clergy and believers who refuse to cooperate with the occupiers in the occupied territories of Ukraine, including through abductions, arrests, torture, imprisonment and deportation.

Over the past day, Ukrainian troops repelled three Russian assaults near Krynky in Kherson region.

The former head of the Cherkasy regional police department is accused of abuse of power and unlawful obstruction of protests during the Revolution of Dignity in February 2014.

Russian troops massively shelled Bilozerka, Kherson region, damaging 15 residential buildings, administrative buildings, an educational institution, and wounding an 81-year-old woman.

In the Kherson region, Russian troops shelled several localities, damaging residential areas, critical infrastructure, administrative buildings and cultural facilities, injuring 5 civilians.

Another massive nighttime attack by Russian drones in southern Ukraine resulted in damage to an infrastructure facility and a fire in Odesa region, and air defense units shot down 30 Shahed drones in several regions.

On the night of March 8, the Ukrainian military shot down 33 of the 37 Shahed drones launched by russia during the attack on the southern and eastern regions.

the russian occupation authorities are delaying the payment of salaries to public sector employees in the temporarily occupied territories of Kherson and Zaporizhzhia regions, which may be a means of influencing voting in the upcoming sham "elections" amid the growing humanitarian crisis.

1946 cultural infrastructure facilities, 317 of which were destroyed, were damaged or destroyed as a result of Russian aggression in Ukraine as of February 25, 2024, according to the Ministry of Culture and Information Policy.

On March 9, demonstrations will be held in Berlin and Hamburg to demand the return of Ukrainian military and civilian prisoners held by Russia, as well as compliance with the Geneva Conventions on the treatment of prisoners.

A 46-year-old woman was wounded by Russian shelling in the central part of Kherson and hospitalized.

Soldiers of the 47th Independent Mechanised Brigade destroyed Russian armoured vehicles that were used to transport infantry in the Avdeevskoe direction.

Russian troops shell the center and one of the districts of Kherson, residents are urged to stay in hiding.

In the village of Myroliubivka, Kherson region, a 60-year-old man riding a tractor hit a Russian mine, was injured and taken to the hospital.

Odesa region needs special air defense systems to shoot down ballistic missiles because of its significant impact on the Ukrainian economy.

There is a temporary lull in the Black Sea after the sinking of the Russian ship Sergei Kotov, but Russia will soon deploy another ship to fulfill its missions, according to a Ukrainian Navy spokesman.

The Russians have reduced their air activity in the Kherson area, flying over the Azov or Black Sea instead of using guided bombs as they did before.

A 45-year-old man was injured in Kherson after Russian forces shelled the city in the morning, damaging a private house, garage and cars.

Russian troops shelled residential areas and infrastructure in several settlements in Kherson region, damaging 16 residential buildings, a university, a gas pipeline, port facilities, and injuring 4 people.

A collaborator from Kherson faces 15 years in prison and confiscation of property for illegally issuing passports and facilitating the forced deportation of Ukrainians during the Russian occupation.

An exhibition of more than 30 sculptures by Ukrainian artist Oleksandr Zhyvotkov dedicated to events and places such as Bucha, Mariupol, Irpin, Kherson, and Vinnytsia will open in Padua, Italy, on March 7.

Russian drones wounded two people in Beryslav, and one woman was injured in Kherson due to enemy shelling.

A 76-year-old man sustained an explosive wound and a broken leg as a result of Russian shelling in Kherson on March 5.

Russian troops shelled 19 settlements and the city of Kherson in Kherson region, wounding two people.