April 26 (Reuters) – The Russian army has full control of the Kherson region in southern Ukraine, the Moscow Defense Minister said on Tuesday, quoted by Interfax.
Russian forces have also seized territory in the Zaporizhzhia and Mykolav regions in the same part of Ukraine, and the Kharkov region in the east, said an official from the Russian Ministry of Defense quoted by Interfax. . (Report David Ljunggren, French version Bertrand Boucey, said by Jean Terzian)