Kherson region

FSB officers detained in Kherson region sentenced to two months in prison A court in Kherson in its session on July 11 considered the case of two servicemen of Border Guard Service of FSB, Russia, Kuznetsov and Kulub, detained in the Kherson region on June 30 for illegal crossing of Ukraine's border by boat. 11.07.17 17:15 18 886 66 Incidents

FSB servicemen Kuznetsov and Kulub suspected of violation of territorial integrity of Ukraine, - SBU The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) has initiated a pretrial investigation within a criminal proceeding regarding two Russian border guards detained in the Kherson region under the article on violation of territorial integrity of Ukraine. 06.07.17 16:36 50 598 128 Ukrainian Politics

FSB officers Kuznetsov and Kulub sentenced to 15 days of arrest and 320 hryvnia fine for illegal border crossing of Ukraine, - InformNapalm. PHOTOS The Kalanchak district court of the Kherson region has sentenced two Russian FSB officers detained in Ukraine to 15 days of administrative arrest and a fine of 320 hryvnia ($12.3). In addition, the court decision has many inaccuracies. 06.07.17 09:39 172 134 638 Incidents

Two Russian border guards captured at illegal crossing of Ukrainian border, - State Border Guard Service Head Nazarenko. PHOTOS At night of June 30, Ukrainian border guards and Armed Forces fighters detained two border guard officers of Russia's Security Service (FSB). 30.06.17 13:33 173 769 370 Previously in trend: Occupied territories - Crimea and Donbas

Russia ordered provocations in south of Ukrane during Labor Days, - Kherson governor Head of the Kherson regional state administration Andrii Hordieiev has announced a threat of provocations conducted in the south of Ukraine during May holidays of Labor Days. 01.05.17 11:13 28 924 94 Ukrainian Politics

Two men died in fire in Kherson region. PHOTOS Two people were killed in a fire incident reported in the Kherson region. 18.03.17 16:54 4 529 4 Incidents

Anti-tank artillery units conduct drills in Kherson region. PHOTOS Anti-tank artillery units of Pivden Operations Command took part in an exercise in the Kherson region. 24.02.17 22:48 33 915 44 Ukrainian Politics

Ukrainian conscripts trained to neutralize saboteurs in Kherson region. PHOTOS Personnel of a military base in the Kherson region mainly consisting of conscripts took part in scheduled drills. 11.01.17 16:49 23 172 12 Ukrainian Politics

Ukrainian military conduct artillery drills in Kherson region. PHOTOS The Pivden operations tactical group performed artillery drills in the Kherson region. 30.12.16 23:29 15 777 10 Ukrainian Politics

New anti-Russian billboard put up in Kherson. PHOTO On the side of Kherson-Mykolaiv highway, Ukrainian activists placed a new anti-Russian billboard. 26.12.16 23:28 90 844 100 Previously in trend: Russian aggression against Ukraine

Senior prosecutor caught in Kherson region accepting 400,000 hryvnia in bribe, - Lutsenko. PHOTO Prosecutor General of Ukraine Yurii Lutsenko has reported that a deputy of a local prosecutor's office was nabbed in the Kherson region for extorting a bribe of 400,000 hryvnia ($14,869). 02.12.16 23:23 35 757 87 Previously in trend: Prosecutor General Lutsenko Grafters

Ukraine does not receive gas from occupied Crimea, - Ukrtranshaz press secretary Biliavskyi Gas is not supplied from occupied Crimea to Ukraine. 13.11.16 16:02 16 298 62 Previously in trend: Occupied territories - Crimea and Donbas

Ukrainian soldier died on border with occupied Crimea A soldier of a separate mechanized brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine died on the border with occupied Crimea. 16.10.16 17:45 68 665 45 Incidents

Arms cache and swastika found in house of Skadovsk resident. PHOTOS Employees of the SBU and the National police have found a cache in the town of Skadovsk in the Kherson region. 06.08.16 15:45 50 911 140 Society

"We were on the brink of second front line when Russians prepared to enter Odesa region from Transnistria as 'rebels'," - SBU Head Hrytsak Ukraine's Security Service has prevented Russia's creation of 'people's republics' in the southeastern regions of Ukraine. . 22.06.16 12:32 103 603 155 Previously in trend: Russian aggression against Ukraine

NABU apprehends member of Kherson prosecutor’s office upon his receiving $25,000 in bribe The National Anti-Corruption Bureau (NABU) has arrested a member of the Kherson prosecutor's office on suspicion of receiving $25,000 in bribe. 20.05.16 17:28 23 553 83 Previously in trend: Fighting corruption in Ukraine

Poroshenko appoints MP Hordieiev head of Kherson Regional State Administration President Petro Poroshenko has appointed Verkhovna Rada deputy Andrii Hordieiev head of the Kherson Regional State Administration. 28.04.16 16:50 8 474 25 Ukrainian Politics

Vehicle packed with explosives found in Henichesk A vehicle packed with explosives has been found in the town of Henichesk in the Kherson region. 23.04.16 12:37 20 500 62 Previously in trend: Police workdays

36 settlements remain without electricity in the Kherson region 36 Ukrainian settlements in the Kherson region are de-energized. 23.01.16 10:44 3 580 36 Incidents

Kherson region's irrigation impossible without Crimea's Tytan substation, - Ukrenerho Kherson region power distribution company (Khersonoblenerho) technical director Volodymyr Hetmanov says region's irrigation capacities are fully contingent on restoring power supply to the Crimean substation "Tytan" which was deenergized after power pylons were exploded in the Kherson region. 25.11.15 17:50 36 462 270 Previously in trend: Power blockade of Crimea

One of damaged power transmission towers in Kherson region replaced, - Ukrenerho Despite bad weather conditions, the crew of repairers has restored the Kakhovka - Tytan transmission line with capacity of 220 kV, a part of the Kherson Main Power Transmission Lines company, a subsidiary of the National Energy Company Ukrenerho State Enterprise. 24.11.15 23:32 32 300 388 Previously in trend: Power blockade of Crimea

Negotiations with Crimea blockade activists on admission of repair crews to power transmission towers underway, - Kherson Regional State Administration Talks with the activists of the civil blockade of Crimea on the admission of repair crews to the damaged power transmission lines have started in the village of Chonhar in the Henichesk district of the Kherson region. 23.11.15 18:29 7 539 74 Previously in trend: Power blockade of Crimea

Dzhemilev promises all necessary services to be granted access to repair damaged power lines in Kherson region Commissioner of the President for the Crimean Tatar people, Verkhovna Rada deputy of Petro Poroshenko Bloc faction Mustafa Dzhemilev has promised unobstructed access to all required services to repair damaged power transmission lines in the Kherson region supplying energy to Russia-annexed Crimea. 23.11.15 16:45 22 349 188 Previously in trend: Power blockade of Crimea

Two law enforcers injured in clash in Chaplynka Two police officers were injured as a result of a clash between police and participants of the Crimea blockade in Chaplynka village (the Kherson region). 22.11.15 12:27 23 370 204 Incidents

Trucks from Chonhar crossing point returned to mainland Ukraine No trucks with food that headed from mainland Ukraine to Crimea are left in the bordering Henichesk district of the Kherson region - a driver from the last one, who got scared and ran away, leaving his truck unattended, has returned and driven away. 23.09.15 10:54 68 522 523 Previously in trend: Blockade of Crimea

Internal investigation into crossing of Syvash Lake by Ukrainian paratroopers underway, - General Staff According to the General Staff, the Russian side promised to return the paratroopers soon. 08.09.15 14:41 12 929 87 Incidents

PGO insists one of District State Administration heads-grafters to be arrested without right to bail Prosecutor General's Office intends to appeal to the court to arrest without right to bail Chairman of Hola Prystan District State Administration in the Kherson region Oleksandr Bohunenko suspected of receiving bribes. 13.08.15 16:21 5 605 19 Previously in trend: Fighting corruption in Ukraine

Israeli and Georgian instructors help set up Ukrainian special border troops. VIDEO Kherson border guards adopt Israeli and Georgian military practices - after training we'll have a kind of special border troops. 15.07.15 16:29 31 185 72 Ukrainian Politics

Former head of Kherson Regional Council was placed under house arrest – PGO The court granted motion to the prosecutor's office of the Kherson region and placed the former head of the Kherson Regional Council under house arrest and ordered him to wear an electronic tracking device. 27.03.15 19:49 12 266 22 Incidents

Fire in a field camp in the Kherson region killed six and injured 11 soldiers – Defense Ministry On the night of Feb. 1, a fire occurred in a field camp near Chervonyi Chaban village in the Kherson region. 01.02.15 15:54 118 162 297 Incidents

Traffic stopped in the Mykolaiv, Zaporizhia, and Kherson regions due to heavy snowfalls The road traffic was stopped on motorways in the Mykolaiv, Zaporizhia, and Kherson regions due to heavy snowfalls Monday. 29.12.14 18:33 24 070 72 Ukrainian Politics

Dzhemilev requests part of Kherson region for creation of Crimea autonomous republic The MP Mustafa Dzhemilev offered to allot a part of the Kherson region for the purpose of creation of Autonomous Republic of Crimea on the territory. 22.12.14 12:30 67 003 364 Previously in trend: Occupation of Crimea

Russian Troops Have Not Left Kherson Region Despite Agreement – State Border Guard Service A part of Russian troops in the Kherson region was withdrawn but some detachments are still remaining on the territory of this region. 10.12.14 18:04 56 782 110 Previously in trend: Russian aggression against Ukraine

Kherson Region To Sell Water to Crimea at Market Prices: Minimum 1 EUR per Cubic Meter - Kherson Administration After creation of free economic zone in the Crimea, the Kherson region may open North Crimean Canal for the Russia-occupied Crimea to supply it with water. 12.11.14 17:01 42 765 341 Previously in trend: Occupation of Crimea

NSDC: Russia Pulled 10 Tanks, 10 APCs and 3 Grads to Kherson Border Russian Armed Forces pulled military equipment to the border of annexed Crimea and the Kherson region. 29.09.14 13:36 17 468 99 Previously in trend: Russian aggression against Ukraine Occupation of Crimea

Security Service of Ukraine Detained a Group of Militants in the Kherson Region: Weapons and Explosives Were Seized. PHOTOS The Security Service of Ukraine detained a group of militants involved in separatist and terrorist activities in eastern Ukraine on July 15 in Nova Kakhovka in the Kherson region. Their involvement in the terrorist organization, operating in the Donbas, was proved. 17.07.14 14:47 65 416 177 Incidents

Russian occupants in Kherson region: journalists found confirmation that military troops are from Russian Federation. VIDEO About 120 Russian soldiers remain at the gas-pumping station of the "Chornomornaftohaz" company near Strilkove village at the Arabat Spit. 16.03.14 01:50 97 191 478 Previously in trend: Russian aggression against Ukraine Evidence of Russian aggression in Ukraine

Husband is Suspected of Murdering Party of Regions Deputy, Prosecution In the case of the murder of Kherson oblast council deputy from the Party of Regions Yelena Mashynska a suspect has been arrested - her husband. 25.02.13 20:36 5 834 19 Incidents

Party of Regions Deputy Beaten to Death In Kalanchakskyy district of Kherson oblast Party of Regions deputy of the oblast council, Head of the State Administration of Education Yelena Mashynska was found murdered. 25.02.13 14:57 31 311 190 Incidents

Kherson oblast May Adopt Turkish as the Regional Language Turks living in Kherson oblast in the rural areas of several districts may raise the question of granting their language the regional status. 17.08.12 21:19 11 633 549 Previously in trend: Language Issue