Strategic Ukrainian port of Kherson falls to Russian forces

Port city of 290,000 people on the Black Sea came under siege as Russian forces pressed ahead with their offensive

Russian forces have taken the Ukrainian port of Kherson, local officials confirmed, the first major urban centre to fall since Moscow's attack a week ago.

"The [Russian] occupiers are in all parts of the city and are very dangerous," Gennady Lakhuta, head of the regional administration, wrote on messaging service Telegram on Wednesday.

The strategic port city of 290,000 people near the Black Sea came under siege as Russian forces pressed ahead with their offensive across other urban centres.

Another key Ukrainian port, Berdiansk, has already been seized by Russian troops, while Mariupol has repelled attacks "with dignity," according to that city's mayor, Vadim Boichenko.

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