Kherson

American  

[ker-sawn, ker-sawn, khyir-sawn] / kɛrˈsɔn, ˈkɛrˌsɔn, xjɪrˈsɔn /

noun

1. a port in southern Ukraine, on the Dnieper River, on the Black Sea.

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Kherson British  

/ xɪrˈsɔn /

noun

1. a port in S Ukraine on the Dnieper River near the Black Sea: shipyards. Pop: 320 000 (2005 est)

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Kherson

Toward the end of the first act, after Ukrainian troops retake Kherson, a soldier returns home expecting to find his daughter.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2026

Life in Oleshky, located just across the Dnipro River from Kherson, has been difficult for much of the occupation.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 11, 2026

Vladimir Saldo, appointed by Moscow to lead occupational authorities in the Kherson region, said a Ukrainian drone had hit a cafe in the village of Askaniya-Nova, near Crimea, Friday evening.

From Barron's ● Sep. 26, 2026

Meanwhile, strikes on substations in Kherson and Kharkiv resulted in power outages.

From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026

German forces continued their advance in Ukraine, taking Kherson on March 21 and burning Poltava on March 31.

From Current History: A Monthly Magazine of the New York Times, May 1918 Vol. VIII, Part I, No. 2 by Various

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