What is Kherson?
[[Image:Херсон-коллаж1.jpg|thumb|250px|Kherson]] [[Image:Flag of Kherson.svg|thumb|150px|Flag]] [[Image:Coat of arms of Kherson.svg|thumb|90px|Coat of arms]] '''Kherson''' ({{lang-uk|Херсо́н}}) is a city in southern [[Ukraine]]. It is the [[administrative centre]] of [[Kherson Oblast]]. In 2025, 66,000 people lived there. The city is an important port on the [[Black Sea]] and on the [[Dnieper River]]. The city was a site of [[Battle of Kherson|heavy fighting]] in the first days of the [[2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=2022-02-26 |title=Fighting under way near Kherson, Mykolaiv, Odessa - Ukrainian official |language=en |work=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/fighting-under-way-near-kherson-mykolaiv-odessa-ukrainian-official-2022-02-26/ |access-date=2022-02-26 |archive-date=26 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220226124808/https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/fighting-under-way-near-kherson-mykolaiv-odessa-ukrainian-official-2022-02-26/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The city was reported to be under Russian control as of 2 March 2022.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2022/03/02/vladimir-putin-set-cut-ukraine-two-key-city-kherson-falls-russians/|title=Vladimir Putin set to ‘cut Ukraine in two’ as key city of Kherson falls to Russians|accessdate=2022-03-03}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.politico.eu/newsletter/london-playbook/kherson-falls-kyiv-under-fire-mariupol-tragedy/|title=Kherson falls — Kyiv under fire — Mariupol tragedy|accessdate=2022-03-03}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{authority control}} {{multistub|geo|europe}} [[Category:Cities in Ukraine]] [[Category:Port cities and towns of the Black Sea]] [[Category:Kherson Oblast]]