Maryna and Valentyna found themselves trapped on the Dnipro River when Russia invaded last year.
Read moreBy James Waterhouse
BBC Ukraine Correspondent in Kherson
It's been talked of for months, now it looks like Ukraine is finally launching its plan to recapture land.
It's been talked of for months, now it looks like Ukraine is finally launching its plan to recapture land.
Military observers say Kyiv is trying to split the occupying forces in Zaporizhzhia.
Russian shelling kills at least one person as residents flee floods caused by the Ukraine dam breach.
The long-term consequences for agriculture will be severe in one of Ukraine's most fertile areas.
Moscow blames Ukraine for damage to the key Togliatti-Odesa pipeline on Monday, which Kyiv denies.
Men desperate to avoid serving in the army are crossing the mountainous Romanian border to escape.
Supplies are delivered to those trapped by floodwaters in Russian-controlled areas of the Kherson region.
It's been talked of for months, now it looks like Ukraine is finally launching its plan to recapture land.
Military observers say Kyiv is trying to split the occupying forces in Zaporizhzhia.
Russian shelling kills at least one person as residents flee floods caused by the Ukraine dam breach.
The long-term consequences for agriculture will be severe in one of Ukraine's most fertile areas.
Moscow blames Ukraine for damage to the key Togliatti-Odesa pipeline on Monday, which Kyiv denies.
Men desperate to avoid serving in the army are crossing the mountainous Romanian border to escape.
Supplies are delivered to those trapped by floodwaters in Russian-controlled areas of the Kherson region.
Military observers say Kyiv is trying to split the occupying forces in Zaporizhzhia.
Russian shelling kills at least one person as residents flee floods caused by the Ukraine dam breach.
The long-term consequences for agriculture will be severe in one of Ukraine's most fertile areas.
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South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin have spoken over the phone about the upcoming peace mission by six Africa leaders to Russia and Ukraine.
"President Putin has welcomed the initiative by African heads of state and expressed his desire to receive the peace mission,” a statement from the South African presidency said.
On Tuesday, the African leaders involved had held discussions “exploring ways of bringing an end to the conflict”, it added.
The other leaders in the peace bid are from the Comoros, Egypt, Senegal, Uganda and Zambia - and according to a statement from the presidency on Wednesday all said they were available to travel in mid-June.
"The leaders agreed that they would engage with both President Putin and President [Volodymyr] Zelensky on the elements for a ceasefire and a lasting peace in the region."
Their foreign ministers were now in the process of finalising the elements of a road-map to peace, it added.
Separately a Russia-Africa summit is scheduled to take place at the end of July in St Petersburg, the presidency said.
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