Russia-Ukraine war at a glance: what we know on day 263 of the invasion - The Guardian

Ukraine president Volodymyr Zelenskiy says Kyiv’s forces person established power successful much than 60 settlements successful the Kherson portion and “stabilisation measures” are being carried retired successful Kherson metropolis aft it was retaken by Ukrainian forces. Zelenskiy said that Russian forces had destroyed each of Kherson’s captious infrastructure earlier they fled, including communications and h2o supplies on with vigor and energy supplies.

Ukrainians hailed Russia’s retreat from Kherson arsenic Kyiv said it was moving to de-mine the strategical confederate metropolis aft the eight-month concern and reconstruct powerfulness crossed the region. In the formerly occupied colony of Pravdyne, extracurricular Kherson, returning locals embraced their neighbours, immoderate incapable to clasp backmost tears, Agence France-Presse reported. “Victory, finally!” 1 said.

The caput of Kherson’s determination authorities medication said everything was being done to “return mean life” to the area. Yaroslav Yanushevych said from Kherson metropolis successful a video posted to societal media that portion de-mining was carried out, a curfew had been enactment successful spot and question successful and retired of the metropolis had been limited.

Pro-Moscow forces are putting up a overmuch stiffer combat elsewhere and the battles with Ukrainian forces successful the eastbound Donetsk portion are hellish, Zelenskiy said. “There it is conscionable hellhole – determination are highly fierce battles determination each day. But our units are defending bravely – they are withstanding the unspeakable unit of the invaders, preserving our defence lines,” helium said.

Ukraine would determine connected the timing and contents of immoderate dialog model with Russia, according to a readout of a gathering betwixt the US caput of state, Antony Blinken, and the Ukrainian overseas minister, Dmytro Kuleba, astatine the Asean acme successful Cambodia successful Phnom Penh.

The Russian president, Vladimir Putin, has spoken to his Iranian counterpart, Ebrahim Raisi, by telephone and some leaders placed emphasis connected deepening political, commercialized and economical cooperation, the Kremlin said successful a connection connected Saturday. The treatment of “a fig of topical issues connected the bilateral agenda” besides including the transport and logistics sector, the Kremlin said. It did not accidental erstwhile the telephone telephone took spot and made nary notation of Iranian arms supplies to Moscow.

Significant caller harm to the large Nova Kakhovka dam successful confederate Ukraine tin beryllium seen pursuing Russia’s withdrawal from adjacent Kherson, Reuters reported the US outer imagery institution Maxar arsenic saying.

Russia said determination was nary statement yet to widen a woody allowing Ukraine to export atom via the Black Sea, repeating its insistence connected unhindered entree to satellite markets for its ain nutrient and fertiliser exports, Reuters reported.