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The conflict in Ukraine shows no sign of ending anytime soon, Kyiv's summer offensive - aiming to retake occupied lands in the east and south - has seen territory regained. However, it is at a much slower rate than anticipated.

It's been reported that Russian troops have been deliberately targeting civilian locations in Kherson from the Russian-controlled east bank of the Dnipro River. Moscow's forces withdrew from Kherson city in late 2022 but remain close by.

Paul Conroy is a veteran conflict photographer based in Ukraine ever since the start of the full-scale invasion by Russia. In 2012, while on assignment for the British newspaper, The Sunday Times, he and the late war correspondent, Marie Colvin, were attacked by the Syrian regime whilst covering the siege of Homs. Marie was killed, but Paul, critically wounded, survived. Right now, Paul and his team are the last remaining journalists in the Ukrainian southern port city of Kherson.

He says "the situation is quite chronic, I would say, in Kherson" as the Russians have "consistently and heavily bombarded the mostly civilian areas of Kherson... the best example I can give of that is the population drop".

"Only yesterday I visited a location where they dropped an aerial bomb in a children's play park, so it is consistently targeting civilians".

This has made people "too terrified to leave their houses... the remaining people are mainly elderly... who just feel they have nowhere to go".

Paul also describes how his team has been targeted by Russian artillery.

(Photo: Aftermath of a Russian military strike in Kherson. Credit: Reuters)

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