Ukraine minister says preparations to resume grain shipments ongoing as strikes on the port draw international condemnation
Russia-Ukraine war: see all our coverageZelenskiy hits out over Russian ‘barbarism’ after port Odesa attackBetween port bombings and air raid sirens, life in Odesa goes onAt a glance: what we know on day 151 of the Russian invasion
We’ve had early reports of a Ukrainian counteroffensive in Kherson – a region that was taken by Russia early in the war under Russian occupation. For a glimpse of life there now, this report from The Observer on Saturday documents a secret artists’ society of painters, playwrights and photographers who have defied the threat of arrest to share their experiences:
And little more on the Ukrainian counteroffensive in Kherson: Russia’s TASS news agency quotes the Russian-installed military authority, Kirill Stremousov, saying that Ukraine had hit a bridge in the Kherson region with missiles. “The bridge is very badly damaged,” he said.