Russian forces capture first major Ukrainian city, Kherson

Russia has captured the first major Ukrainian city, the strategic port of Kherson. Ukrainian officials confirmed that the city had fallen and Russian forces had stormed into the council building. "There is no Ukrainian army here," said the city's mayor Igor Kolykhaev, "The city is surrounded." Kherson—home to roughly three lakh people—is located in southern Ukraine where the Dnieper River meets the Black Sea.