Live Updates: Russia-Ukraine-WarOctober 12th, 12PM October 12th, 12PMKYIV, Ukraine — Ukraine Southern Operational Command says its forces have recaptured five settlements in the Kherson region.The villages of Novovasylivka, Novohryhorivka, Nova Kamianka, Tryfonivka and Chervone in the Beryslav district were retaken as of Oct. 11, according to the speaker of the southern command Vladislav Nazarov.

The settlements are in one of the four regions recently illegally annexed by Russia.

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Bodies exhumed from mass gravein Ukraine’s liberated Lyman

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Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear plantloses external power—Leak detected in pipelinethat brings crude oil to Germany—Worried UN meets on Ukrainehours after Russian strikes— Follow all AP stories on the war in Ukraine at https://apnews.com/hub/russia-ukraine___OTHER DEVELOPMENTS:MOSCOW — Russia’s top KGB successor agency said Wednesday that it has arrested eight people on charges of involvement in the attack on the bridge linking Russia to Crimea.The Federal Security Service (FSB) said it arrested five Russians and three citizens of Ukraine and Armenia on charges of involvement in Saturday’s attack on the bridge.A truck loaded with explosives blew up while driving across the bridge, killing four and causing two sections of one of the two automobile links to collapse.