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Massive power failure in numerous regions – Ukraine conquers more cities

2022-09-12T05:14:05.364Z


War in Ukraine: Massive power failure in numerous regions – Ukraine conquers more cities Created: 09/12/2022Updated: 09/12/2022 07:04 By: Helena Gries, Teresa Toth, Karolin Schäfer, Moritz Serif, Diana Rissmann, Nadja Austel, Vincent Büssow, Nail Akkoyun, Lucas Maier Ukrainian troops continue to advance. Deadly attacks by Russia in recaptured areas. The news ticker on September 12th. Turning p


War in Ukraine: Massive power failure in numerous regions – Ukraine conquers more cities

Created: 09/12/2022Updated: 09/12/2022 07:04

By: Helena Gries, Teresa Toth, Karolin Schäfer, Moritz Serif, Diana Rissmann, Nadja Austel, Vincent Büssow, Nail Akkoyun, Lucas Maier

Ukrainian troops continue to advance.

Deadly attacks by Russia in recaptured areas.

The news ticker on September 12th.

  • Turning point in the Ukraine war?

    Russian troops flee.

  • US experts say Russian advance

    in Donbass has failed.

  • Editor

    's note: You can read all the news about the Ukraine conflict in this news ticker.

    Some of the information comes from warring factions in the Ukraine war and cannot be checked directly and independently.

+++ 6.45 a.m .:

According to reports about the recapture of important areas by Ukraine, deadly attacks by Russia are said to have taken place there during the night.

The head of the regional administration in Kharkiv reports that a man died when critical infrastructure was shelled.

It had previously been reported that Russian troops had fled the city, which had been heavily contested for weeks.

After that, Russia began shelling power and water supply facilities.

Two people are said to have been killed in the Dnipropetrovsk region, according to the Ukraine energy authority in the region.

The city of Kharkiv in Ukraine has been shelled since the beginning of the war.

Now the troops from Russia are said to have fled the area.

(Archive image) © Vyacheslav Madiyevskyi/imago

+++

Update from Monday, September 12, 3:50 a.m .:

According to President Volodymyr Selenskyj, the Ukrainian army has recaptured the strategically important city of Izyum in the east of the country from Russian troops.

The army had "liberated hundreds of our towns and villages", most recently the cities of Izyum, Balaklija and Kupyansk, Zelenskyj said in a video speech on Sunday evening.

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The authorities had previously reported a power outage in large parts of eastern Ukraine, and Kyiv blamed Russian attacks on infrastructure for the blackouts.


War in Ukraine: Massive power failure in numerous regions

+++ 10:10 p.m .:

According to Ukrainian information, Russia apparently fired on Ukraine’s critical infrastructure after withdrawing from some regions.

Accordingly, the eastern Ukrainian regions of Kharkiv and Donetsk are completely without electricity, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Twitter on Sunday.

"Russian terrorists remain terrorists," wrote the Ukrainian head of state.

One of the country's largest thermal power plants was hit by the attack, said his adviser Mykhailo Podoliak.

There are said to be problems with the electricity and water supply in the regions of Sumy, Dnipropetrovsk, Poltava, Zaporizhia and Odessa.

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"This is a hideous and cynical revenge of the Russian aggressor for the achievements of our army," wrote Kharkiv mayor Ihor Terekhov.

Russian troops had recently left there.

In addition, as a result of the shelling, there were train cancellations and considerable delays in many regions, for example between Kharkiv and Kyiv.

In the meantime, there was an air alert throughout Ukraine.

Ukraine war news: Chechen leader criticizes Russia's military leadership

+++ 9 p.m.:

Russia has suffered massive defeats in some regions of Ukraine.

As a result of the Ukrainian advances, the Russian armed forces had to flee, for example from the Kharkiv and Cherson regions.

Moscow had justified the troop withdrawal with a regrouping in the Donbass.

Pressure now seems to be coming from within their own ranks.

Chechen President Ramzan Kadyrov, who is close to the Kremlin, has criticized the Russian military leadership for withdrawing troops.

"They made mistakes and I think they will draw the necessary conclusions," Kadyrov told Telegram on Sunday.

Kadyrov has been President of Chechnya, a republic of Russia, for 15 years.

"If they don't make any changes to the military special operations strategy within the next day or two, I will be forced to contact the Ministry of Defense leadership and the country's leadership to explain the real situation on the ground," the Chechen warned .

According to observers, Kadyrov's statements could be interpreted as possible tensions within Russia, as reported by the

RND

.

Ukraine War News: Ukrainian Defenders Raise National Flag

+++ 19.20:

In the Kharkiv region, according to Ukrainian information, the national flag was hoisted in several towns near the Russian border.

That would confirm the flight of Russian forces from the region.

For example, a Ukrainian flag is said to have been hoisted by local residents in the settlement of Kosacha Lopan, local official Oleksandr Kulik said.

The town had been occupied by Russia since March and served as an administrative center for the occupation authorities.

The Russian troops had also fled in Tokarivka.

"The village was cleared this morning," Viktoriya Kolodochka, head of the district, told

CNN

.

According to the information, a Ukrainian flag was also hoisted here.

Ukraine war: Macron calls Putin about Zaporizhia nuclear plant

+++ 5.30 p.m .:

According to information from Moscow, Russian President Vladimir Putin and France’s head of state Emmanuel Macron have telephoned about the critical situation at the Russian-occupied Ukrainian nuclear power plant Zaporizhia.

According to a Kremlin statement on Sunday, Putin has called for international action on Ukraine to stop its attacks on the nuclear power plant.

The two parties to the conflict accuse each other of shelling the nuclear power plant.

Two employees of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) are on the site of the plant to observe the nuclear power plant.

In the meantime, the largest nuclear power plant in Europe had to be shut down completely.

In the meantime, all connection lines to the power grid were interrupted.

War in Ukraine: Kyiv recaptures numerous towns

+++ 16:26:

The governor of the Kharkiv region, Oleh Syniehubov, told local media that the actual number of recaptured settlements in Kharkiv was higher than officially known.

So far, Kyiv has reported that 30 towns have been recaptured in the course of the Ukrainian counter-offensive.

However, it is not yet possible to say how many there actually are.

"We simply cannot announce this number due to the ongoing military operation of our armed forces," Syniehubov told Telegram.

Ukraine-News: Lavrov opens talks with Kyiv

+++ 3.40 p.m .:

The Russian military is withdrawing in many places due to the counter-offensive.

Now the Russian leadership has promised negotiations with Kyiv.

"Russia does not oppose negotiations with Ukraine, but the longer the process is delayed, the more difficult it becomes to reach an agreement," Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on state television.

Despite the numerous defeats suffered by the Russian military, Russia is setting tough conditions for peace.

For example, Ukraine should forgo joining NATO and agree to the surrender of several areas, including Donetsk and Luhansk.

Turning point in the Ukraine war?

Selenskyj becomes clear: "Circumstances have changed"

Update from Sunday, September 11, 7:50 a.m.:

According to several media reports, Ukraine's counter-offensive is making good progress.

The Task Force South reported on Saturday (September 10) that several areas occupied by Russian troops had been recaptured.

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy also addressed this in his video address on Saturday: “In the past few days, the Russian army has shown us its best side – its backside.”

Meanwhile, Zelenskyy emphasizes that he now sees it as completely impossible to negotiate with Russia about the end of the war.

This is what the President of Ukraine said during the annual Yalta European Strategy (YES) conference.

This took place from September 9th to 11th in Kyiv and around 70 politicians, diplomats, businessmen, activists and experts from around 20 countries took part.

Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock also made a surprise trip to Kyiv on Saturday.

Ukraine war: Massive explosions in southern Ukraine - Russia sends more troops

Update from Saturday, September 10, 7:22 a.m.:

Russia has apparently sent 1,300 Chechen fighters to Kherson to support Russian troops in the heavily contested Donetsk region, the General Staff of the Ukrainian Army reported on Saturday (September 10).

According to their own statements, the Ukrainian armed forces have recaptured numerous areas in the region in southern Ukraine.

According to a Facebook post by the Ukrainian General Staff at 6 a.m. Saturday morning, Russian forces are defending the occupied areas of Kherson, parts of Kharkiv, Zaporizhia and Mykolaiv.

There have again been numerous airstrikes in the region.

Among other things, the mayor of Melitopol, Ivan Fedorov, reported via Telegram on Friday evening (September 9) of explosions and shots in the partially occupied city.

He was combative: "The Ukrainian army wishes the occupiers a 'good night'," wrote Fedorov on Telegram.

News in the Ukraine war: Russia wants to evacuate Kharkiv region

Update from Friday, September 9th, 5.20 a.m .:

The Ukrainian army claims to have penetrated deep into the rear of the Russian occupying forces in its counter-offensive in the east of the country.

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy confirmed on Thursday evening the recapture of the district town of Balakliya in the Kharkiv region.

The army has liberated more than 1,000 square kilometers of Ukraine since early September, he said in his video address.

"As part of ongoing defensive operations, our heroes have already liberated dozens of settlements," he said.

"Ukraine is and will be free," he promised.

However, according to earlier reports, Russian troops occupied around 125,000 square kilometers in Ukraine.

That's one fifth of the country's territory, including the Crimean Peninsula.

Zelenskyi imposes further sanctions on Russia

First report from Thursday, September 8, 7:35 a.m.:

The Ukrainian army seems to be making progress in its counterattack against the Russian invaders in the east of the country.

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in his video address on Wednesday (September 7) that there was "good news from the Kharkiv region".

According to reports from Russian war correspondents, the Ukrainian army has successfully advanced near the town of Balaklija and has recaptured several towns.

As a political threat to Moscow, Ukraine imposed sanctions on 606 members of the Russian leadership.

"You are responsible for Russia's war against Ukraine," said Zelenskyy.

Of the 32 members of Russia's Security Council chaired by President Vladimir Putin, 28 were put on Ukraine's criminal list.

The German Press Agency (dpa)

reports that there are 424 of the 450 deputies in the Russian State Duma and 154 of the 170 senators in the Federation Council

.

Zelenskyj gave no details on the sanctions.

Ukraine has started to enforce the penalties legally, politically and diplomatically.

(nak/na/hg/vbu/kas with dpa/afp)

Source: merkur

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