Russia's war on Ukraine latest news: Ukrainians celebrate retaking of Kherson

* The Kremlin said Russia's withdrawal from Kherson's capital would not change the region's status as annexed by Russia. * Significant new damage to the major Nova Kakhovka dam in southern Ukraine can be seen following Russia's withdrawal from nearby Kherson city, U.S. satellite imagery company Maxar said.

Jubilant residents welcomed Ukrainian troops arriving in the centre of the strategic city of Kherson after Russia abandoned the only regional capital it had captured since its invasion began in February. * Ukrainian President Zelenskiy hailed 'a historic day' in getting back Kherson; special units of the military were already inside with defending troops on the outskirts, he said.

KHERSON RETREAT * Russia's defence ministry said it had withdrawn more than 30,000 soldiers across the Dnipro River in its retreat.

* Russia said it had completed the pullout across the Dnipro without losing a single soldier, but Ukrainians painted a picture of a chaotic retreat, with Russian troops ditching their uniforms or drowning trying to escape. * The Kremlin said Russia's withdrawal from Kherson's capital would not change the region's status as annexed by Russia.

* Significant new damage to the major Nova Kakhovka dam in southern Ukraine can be seen following Russia's withdrawal from nearby Kherson city, U.S. satellite imagery company Maxar said. OTHER UKRAINE NEWS

* Six people were killed in a Russian missile attack on an apartment building in the southern Ukrainian city of Mykolaiv,, the mayor said. * Chancellor Scholz said Germany's priority in its aid to Ukraine should be to help it defend itself from Russian air raids on its cities and to help it rebuild its infrastructure.

* Ukraine says it is building a reinforced concrete wall and other fortifications on its border with Belarus, a Kremlin ally that Moscow used as a staging ground for its Feb. 24 invasion. * The U.N. nuclear watchdog says an investigation of a research plant in the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv found it was badly damaged, but there were no signs of a radiological release or diversion of nuclear material.

* Senior United Nations officials met with a Russian delegation in Geneva to discuss Moscow's grievances about the Black Sea grains export initiative and address the need for unimpeded food and fertilizer exports, a U.N. spokesperson said. (Compiled by Grant McCool)