{"id":1586,"date":"2022-03-02T16:15:56","date_gmt":"2022-03-02T15:15:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/coastaltimes557122118.wordpress.com\/2022\/03\/02\/breaking-russian-army-takes-over-ukraines-most-strategic-city-kherson\/"},"modified":"2022-03-02T16:15:56","modified_gmt":"2022-03-02T15:15:56","slug":"breaking-russian-army-takes-over-ukraines-most-strategic-city-kherson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/coastaltimes.com.ng\/index.php\/2022\/03\/02\/breaking-russian-army-takes-over-ukraines-most-strategic-city-kherson\/","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING: Russian Army Takes Over Ukraine\u2019s Most Strategic City, Kherson"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Coastal News <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"509\" height=\"297\" data-attachment-id=\"1584\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/coastaltimes.com.ng\/index.php\/2022\/03\/02\/breaking-russian-army-takes-over-ukraines-most-strategic-city-kherson\/screenshot_20220302-161354_google\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/coastaltimes.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/screenshot_20220302-161354_google.jpg?fit=509%2C297&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"509,297\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Screenshot_20220302-161354_Google.jpg\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/coastaltimes.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/screenshot_20220302-161354_google.jpg?fit=509%2C297&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/coastaltimes.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/screenshot_20220302-161354_google.jpg?resize=509%2C297&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1584\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/coastaltimes.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/screenshot_20220302-161354_google.jpg?w=509&amp;ssl=1 509w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/coastaltimes.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/screenshot_20220302-161354_google.jpg?resize=300%2C175&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 509px) 100vw, 509px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Kherson, Ukraine&#8217;s most strategically vital city, is said to have been taken over by the Russian army.<br \/>The Russian invasion of Ukraine reached its seventh day on Wednesday, with Russian forces also trying to take over Kyiv, the country&#8217;s capital.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Russian military forces divisions have complete control of Kherson&#8217;s regional center,&#8221; said Igor Konashenkov, a spokesperson for Russia&#8217;s defense ministry.<br \/>According to him, public transportation and public services are unaffected and are operating normally.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;There are no shortages of food or essential products in the city,&#8221; he stated.<br \/>Russian forces are presently in negotiations with local officials, according to the spokeswoman, to ensure that order is maintained.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Coastal News Kherson, Ukraine&#8217;s most strategically vital city, is said to have been taken over&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1585,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[3,10,13],"tags":[78,251],"class_list":["post-1586","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-crime","category-global","category-news","tag-breaking-russian-army-takes-over-ukraines-most-strategic-city","tag-kherson"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/coastaltimes.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/screenshot_20220302-161354_google-1.jpg?fit=509%2C297&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1592,"url":"https:\/\/coastaltimes.com.ng\/index.php\/2022\/03\/02\/civilians-in-ukraine-are-free-to-leave-kyiv__-russian-army\/","url_meta":{"origin":1586,"position":0},"title":"&#8220;Civilians In Ukraine Are Free To Leave Kyiv&#8221;__ Russian Army","author":"Coastal Times","date":"March 2, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Coastal News \"All civilians in the city are free to go along the Kyiv-Vasylkiv route to escape the Ukrainian capital.\" In televised remarks, Russian defence ministry spokesman Igor Konashenkov said, \"This direction is open and safe.\" As the Russian invasion reached its fifth day, the Russian army stated Ukrainian residents\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Crime&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Crime","link":"https:\/\/coastaltimes.com.ng\/crime\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/coastaltimes.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/screenshot_20220302-202218_wordpress-1.jpg?fit=776%2C510&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/coastaltimes.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/screenshot_20220302-202218_wordpress-1.jpg?fit=776%2C510&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/coastaltimes.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/screenshot_20220302-202218_wordpress-1.jpg?fit=776%2C510&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/coastaltimes.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/screenshot_20220302-202218_wordpress-1.jpg?fit=776%2C510&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":1196,"url":"https:\/\/coastaltimes.com.ng\/index.php\/2021\/12\/13\/breaking-chief-of-defence-staff-gen-irabor-sacks-50-army-generals-over-rising-rate-of-insecurity\/","url_meta":{"origin":1586,"position":1},"title":"BREAKING: Chief Of Defence Staff Gen Irabor Sacks 50 Army Generals Over Rising Rate Of Insecurity","author":"Coastal Times","date":"December 13, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"Coastal News Chief of Defence Staff (CDS),\u00a0General Leo Irabor\u00a0has ordered 50 Generals in the Nigerian military to tender their resignation with immediate effect. 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