Russia Captures First Key Ukraine City

“Russian forces captured the strategically important hub of Kherson, making it the first major city to be overcome by President Vladimir Putin’s forces since the invasion began last Thursday,” the New York Times reports.

“The fall of Kherson — a city of 300,000 people, northwest of the Crimean peninsula — is strategically significant because it would allow the Russians to control more of Ukraine’s southern coastline and to push west toward the city of Odessa.”