STORY: After the counter-offensive by the Ukrainian armed forces in the Kharkiv area, there were widespread power failures in eastern Ukraine on Sunday evening. Ukraine blames Russian attacks on key energy infrastructure. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky wrote on Twitter that the Russian troops did not target military installations, but wanted to rob the Ukrainian population of heat and light. Kharkiv and Donetsk regions are said to be completely without electricity. Moscow denies that Russian forces deliberately targeted civilians. A number of areas in the north-eastern region of Kharkiv in Ukraine are also affected by water supply failures following Russian attacks on infrastructure, according to the Ukrainian authorities. Russian forces shelled critical infrastructure in Kharkiv city and region. In addition, fire broke out in some places. According to the army command, the Ukrainian armed forces have recaptured more than 3,000 square kilometers of Russian-held territory since the beginning of September and are expanding their offensive from the greater Kharkiv area in the north-east of the country. The Commander-in-Chief of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, Valeriy Zalushny, announced that the area gained was mainly around the second largest Ukrainian city, where the armed forces had moved up to 50 kilometers from the Russian border. Starting from the big city, the Ukrainian military is also moving south and east.