It was reported that after a week of war, Russian troops had seized Kherson, the first major Ukrainian city creating one million refugees. The capture of the Black Sea city of 290,000 people, which just last year hosted Nato-supported war games, appeared a significant boost for Moscow as it readied for potential ceasefire talks on Thursday. After a three-day blockade that left Kherson short of food and medicine, and struggling to collect and bury its dead, the town’s mayor also announced he was in talks with “armed guests.”
