Ukraine releases picture of flag over Kherson province town. Read more at straitstimes.com.
KYIV - Ukraine made its boldest claim yet of success on the battlefield in its week-old counter-offensive against Russian forces in the south, while European markets reopened in free fall on Monday afterAfter days of declining to give details about their new offensive, Ukrainian officials posted an image online of three soldiers raising a flag over a town in Kherson province, a southern region occupied by Russia since the war's early days.
Russia said it has repelled assaults in Kherson. In a rare acknowledgement from the Russian side that the Ukrainian counter-offensive was spoiling Moscow's plans for territory it has seized, Tass news agency quoted a Moscow-installed official in Kherson as saying plans for a referendum to annex the region to Russia have been put on hold due to the security situation.
Russia left"a force in Kherson, with a river at their back & limited supply lines", and Ukraine was hitting them with"precision weapons, confusing a RU force that already has very low morale and poor leadership", Mr Hertling said in a tweet. In his evening address on Sunday, Mr Zelensky tempered his announcements of success with a warning to European countries that they could face a cold winter.for forcing it to halt the flow of gas through Nord Stream 1, its main pipeline to Germany. Russia was due to reopen the pipeline on Saturday but has said it will stay shut indefinitely.
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