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Status: 08.12.2022 04:21 a.m
Ukrainian President Zelenskyy announced that almost 2,000 towns had been liberated after the Russian occupation. According to Kiev, there have been more than 1,000 Russian attacks on the country’s power grid. All developments in the live blog.
4:21 a.m
Ukraine: More than 1000 Russian attacks on our power grid
According to Ukrainian sources, Russia has attacked the Ukrainian power grid more than 1,000 times. “These attacks are the biggest hit against a power grid that has ever happened. More than 1,000 grenades and rockets were fired at electrical systems, lines and substations,” quoted the Interfax Ukraine agency as saying the head of the network operator Ukrenergo, Volodymyr Kudrytsky. The energy infrastructure is still working despite considerable damage.
conflicting parties as a source
Information on the course of the war, shelling and casualties provided by official bodies of the Russian and Ukrainian conflict parties cannot be directly checked by an independent body in the current situation.
4:21 a.m
Selenskyj: Almost 2000 towns liberated after Russian occupation
According to President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, the Ukrainian army has liberated around 2,000 Russian-held towns in the country. “We have already succeeded in liberating 1,888 towns from the occupying forces,” said the head of state in his evening video speech. “Almost as many Ukrainian towns and villages are still occupied,” he added. According to Zelenskyj, Russia attacked the city of Kurakhove near Donetsk in the east of the country on Wednesday. The “very brutal attack” killed ten people and injured “many more”. The Russian troops “targeted normal people,” said the Ukrainian president.