Russia-Ukraine war live: Kherson looted ahead of expected battle for city; Russian conscripts receiving ‘little or no training’
From 20m ago13.25 GMTRussian troops loot Kherson as lines redrawn ahead of final battle for cityLuke HardingOur correspondent Luke Harding, reporting from Kyiv, has written about how Moscow is deporting Kherson residents along with stolen art, tractors and cars as Ukraine’s forces close in.“Things are disappearing in the Ukrainian city of Kherson at a rapid rate. Some are physical objects. Russian troops are taking away ambulances, tractors and stolen private cars. Cultural things are going too: archives, and paintings and sculptures from the art and local lore museums. Even the bones of Catherine the Great’s friend and lover, Grigory Potemkin, have been grubbed up from a crypt in St Catherine’s Cathedral and spirited away.”Russian troops loot Kherson as lines redrawn ahead of final battle for cityRead moreUpdated at 13.33 GMT
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A judge in a Ukrainian town controlled by Moscow was in a “serious” condition after surviving an assassination attempt, a separatist leader in Donetsk said Saturday.
“There was attempt with the use of firearms on a judge of the Supreme Court of the Donetsk Republic Alexander Nikulin,” the rebel leader of the self-proclaimed republic, Denis Pushilin, said on Telegram.
He blamed Kyiv, saying the attack took place on Friday evening in the town of Vuhlehirsk, in the eastern Donetsk region.
“The Ukrainian regime continues to show its vile terrorist methods,” Pushilin added, saying the judge had been “giving sentences to Nazi war criminals.”
“His condition is assessed by doctors to be stable but serious,” he added.
21m ago13.25 GMTRussian troops loot Kherson as lines redrawn ahead of final battle for city
Luke Harding
Our correspondent Luke Harding, reporting from Kyiv, has written about how Moscow is deporting Kherson residents along with stolen art, tractors and cars as Ukraine’s forces close in.“Things are disappearing in the Ukrainian city of Kherson at a rapid rate. Some are physical objects. Russian troops are taking away ambulances, tractors and stolen private cars. Cultural things are going too: archives, and paintings and sculptures from the art and local lore museums. Even the bones of Catherine the Great’s friend and lover, Grigory Potemkin, have been grubbed up from a crypt in St Catherine’s Cathedral and spirited away.”
Russian troops loot Kherson as lines redrawn ahead of final battle for cityRead more