Ukrainian authorities say Russian forces are stepping up their strikes in a fiercely contested region of eastern Ukraine.
Vadym Zherdetsky stands in the remains of his house destroyed by fighting, in the village of Moshun, outside Kyiv, Ukraine, Friday, Nov. 4, 2022. When Russia invaded Ukraine in February, two missiles struck Zherdetsky's home in the tiny village of Moschun on the outskirts of the capital, Kyiv, ripping the roof off and nearly killing four of his family members.
Rolling blackouts also were planned in the nearby Chernihiv, Cherkasy, Zhytomyr, Sumy, Kharkiv and Poltava regions, Ukraine’s state-owned energy operator, Ukrenergo, said. Russian forces are preparing for a Ukrainian counteroffensive to seize back the southern city of Kherson, which was captured during the early days of the invasion. In September, Russia illegally annexed Kherson as well as three other regions of Ukraine and subsequently declared martial law in the four provinces.
“There are defense units that have dug in there quite powerfully, a certain amount of equipment has been left, firing positions have been set up,” she said. While Russia’s “greatest brutality” was focused in the Donetsk region, “constant fighting” continued elsewhere along the front line that stretches more than 1,000 kilometers , Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in his nightly video address.
The front line is now on Bakhmut's outskirts, where mercenaries from the Wagner Group, a shadowy Russian military company, are reported to be leading the charge.
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