Defiant Ukrainians slowed the invasion, but Russian forces gained ground in the south, and the Kremlin insisted the week-old campaign was “going according to plan.”
Author: Michael Schwirtz and Richard Pérez-Peña
Russian Forces Seize Kherson, the First Ukrainian City to Fall
Russian forces seized the southern city of Kherson and besieged other cities, with casualties and destruction mounting, as Western sanctions tightened their vise grip on Russia’s economy.