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Russia continues its relentless assault on Ukraine's power grid; Putin rejoins UN grain export deal in humiliating U-turn; Kherson residents defy Russian call to evacuate city

Eight months after Russia captured Kherson, the first major Ukrainian city to fall, Moscow's grip on the city appears to be slipping as many of those who have refused Russia's calls to evacuate anxiously wait for their city to be liberated, Pjotr Sauer writes.