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3:30 p.m. : On Telegram, Volodymyr Zelensky claims that most of the 36 rockets launched in recent hours “were slaughtered” by Ukrainian anti-aircraft forces. He denounces “loose strikes on essential sites”.
3:26 p.m. : The Ukrainian president takes the floor and accuses Russia of having carried out a “massive attack” with 36 rocket hits that night.
3:24 p.m. : Volodymyr Zelensky’s services notably report 672,000 subscribers “disconnected” in the Khmelnytskyi region, between kyiv and Lviv. Added to this are 242,000 homes without black in the oblast of Cherkasy, in the center of the country.
3:15 p.m. : More than a million homes are without electricity after new Russian strikes today, says the Ukrainian presidency.
2:27 p.m. : Meanwhile, Russia accuses Ukraine of killing two civilians and knocking out 15,000 people of electricity in strikes on the Belgorod region bordering Ukraine, this morning.
2:31 p.m. : Evacuations to the left bank of the Dnieper River, which borders Kherson, have been underway since Wednesday. Here are images of river boats reaching the town of Alyoshka, released today by pro-Russian forces.
(OCCUPY ADMINISTRATION OF KHERSON / TELEGRAM)
2:19 p.m. : “All civilian inhabitants of Kherson must immediately leave the city”now asks the local pro-Russian administration, referring to a “tense situation on the front” and “an increased danger of massive bombardments”.
2:10 p.m. : Faced with the Ukrainian counter-offensive, pro-Russian forces had already urged civilians to move to the left bank of the Dnieper, which borders the city. “The city of Kherson, like a fortress, prepares its defense”, warned a local occupation official yesterday.
2:25 p.m. : Pro-Russian authorities call on civilians to leave Kherson “immediately”.
11:58 : Why is Russia targeting Ukrainian energy infrastructure in this way? Our journalist Fabien Magnenou explains this strategy of “electric chaos”to which kyiv is trying to respond with a campaign of forced sobriety.
11:55 a.m. : “If there is no more power, electricity and water in Ukraine, it may trigger a new migratory tsunami.”
In an interview to be published tomorrow in the German newspaper FASthe head of the Ukrainian government accuses Russia of wanting “Give Ukraine a cold winter”laying the foundations for a “planned humanitarian catastrophe, such as Europe has never seen since the Second World War”.
(Francisco Seco/AP/SIPA)
11:51 a.m. : Following these missile firings, energy restrictions are “forced” in several regions, including kyiv and its region, according to Ukrenergo. Officials across the country had earlier reported power cuts after fresh strikes.
11:48 : New Russian strikes targeted energy infrastructure in the west of the country this morning, according to the national operator Ukrenergo. “The extent of the damage is comparable or could exceed the consequences of the attack of October 10-12”he says.