Ukraine War: Russia bombs Cherson - with targeted attacks on civilian population
Created: 11/27/2022, 3:12 p.m
By: Sandra Kathe, Caspar Felix Hoffmann, Moritz Serif, Andreas Apetz, Jan-Frederik Wendt, Christian Stör
The front lines in the Bakhmut region are beginning to sink in the mud.
Chancellor Scholz talks about Russia: the news ticker on the Ukraine war.
Falling temperatures and freezing ground:
Fighting expected to increase.
Russia needs new soldiers:
New wave of covert mobilization planned.
Weather Conditions Slow Battles:
Frontlines sink into mud.
Editor's note:
Read the latest developments in the Ukraine conflict in our news ticker.
The information on the Ukraine war processed here comes partly from the warring parties in Russia and Ukraine.
They can therefore not be independently checked in part.
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According to the regional military administration, the Russian army has fired on the Cherson region, which was recaptured by Ukrainian troops, more than 50 times since Saturday (November 26).
Military Governor Yaroslav Yanushevich on Sunday (November 27) accused Russia of terror and targeted attacks on the civilian population.
On Telegram he reported one dead and two injured.
Shells would also have hit residential buildings.
Several towns along the north-western bank of the Dnipro River were under fire, sources said.
The information was not independently verifiable.
Many places in Ukraine are still being shelled by Russian troops.
(symbol photo) © Russian Defense Ministry/imago-images.de
Ukraine war news: Russia hits power lines supplying Cherson
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On Sunday morning (November 27), Russian forces fired rockets at the power lines that supply Cherson.
Electricity technicians managed to repair the grid in less than half an hour.
Yaroslav Yanushevych, head of the military administration of Kherson Oblast, announced this on Telegram.
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News about the Ukraine war: Increase in fighting possible in the coming weeks
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An increase in fighting in Ukraine in the coming weeks is possible.
This was announced by the Institute for War Studies (ISW).
The overall pace of operations along the frontline has slowed over the past few days due to deteriorating weather conditions, but is likely to pick up over the next few weeks as temperatures drop and ground freezes across the area.
News about the Ukraine war: Russia is planning a new wave of covert mobilization
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The general staff of the Ukrainian armed forces expects that a new wave of covert mobilization will take place in Russia and also in the occupied areas of Ukraine.
The General Staff announced this on Facebook.
"According to the available information, preparations are underway for the launch of a new wave of covert mobilization of the occupying Russian army on December 10 in the Russian Federation and the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine."
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News on the Ukraine war: At least 13 injured after further rocket attacks
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Two days before the meeting of NATO foreign ministers in Bucharest, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg praised Germany’s military support for Ukraine.
Germany's "strong support" makes a "crucial difference".
Update from Sunday, November 27, 6:10 a.m .:
At least 13 people were injured in renewed Russian rocket attacks on the Ukrainian industrial city of Dnipro.
This was announced by the military governor of the Dnipropetrovsk region, Valentyn Resnichenko, on his Telegram channel on Saturday.
Ukraine War News: Frontlines Sink Into Mud
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The front lines in the Bakhmut region in the Donbass of Ukraine are beginning to sink into the mud.
This is shown by photos from the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense on
.
The water is ankle-deep in the trenches in the east of the country.
"We literally live in a swamp,"
n-tv
quoted a soldier as saying.
Since the withdrawal of the Russian military from the Kherson region in early November, the Donbass region has been the main theater of war in Ukraine.
The damp weather conditions and low temperatures in the east also sapped the strength of the soldiers stationed there.
Warm clothes, long underwear, flu medicine, medicinal tea and painkilling ointment are in high demand, according to a Ukrainian soldier.
News about the Ukraine war: Russia is regrouping and strengthening three fronts
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According to the General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, Russian troops are beginning to regroup on several fronts.
The positions at Lyman, Avdiivka and Novopavlivka are explicitly mentioned.
All three areas are located in the Donbass.
After the defeat in the Cherson region, the Russian military withdrew its units to eastern Ukraine.
According to the Ukrainian General Staff, the Russian military is strengthening itself on the fronts mentioned with an increased number of troops.
In addition to the regrouping, Russia continues to fire artillery attacks on the Ukrainian army.
News about the Ukraine war: Scholz considers a Russian victory unlikely
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Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD) currently considers a Russian victory in Ukraine to be unlikely.
In view of Germany's support for the attacked Ukraine, it is becoming increasingly clear "that Russia not only must not win this war, but will not win it," said Scholz on Saturday (November 26) at the state party conference of the SPD Brandenburg in Cottbus.
The Chancellor renewed his pledge to support Ukraine as long as necessary.
"We do that financially, humanitarianly and we all know: also with arms deliveries."
News about the Ukraine war: Russia attacks the Ukrainian industrial city of Dnipro
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At least 13 people were injured in renewed Russian rocket attacks on the Ukrainian industrial city of Dnipro.
"Four of them are in the hospital, including a 17-year-old," said the military governor of the Dnipropetrovsk region, Valentyn Resnichenko, on his Telegram channel on Saturday.
Other victims are suspected to be under the rubble of the homes hit.
According to the authorities, a total of seven houses were damaged by the attack.
A warehouse was also destroyed.
Rescuers are searching for a warehouse worker who is missing.
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The Belarusian Foreign Minister Vladimir Makei died suddenly at the age of 64, as the state news agency
Belta
reported on Saturday (November 26).
In September, Makei repeated part of the Kremlin's line about the reason for the war in Ukraine, blaming NATO and the West for "ignoring the legitimate security interests of both Russia and Belarus."
Ukraine war news: Russia and Ukraine exchange prisoners again
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For the third time within a week, Russia and Ukraine have exchanged prisoners of war.
"We managed to free twelve of our people," said the head of the Ukrainian presidential office, Andriy Yermak, on his Telegram channel on Saturday (November 26).
The Ministry of Defense in Moscow confirmed the exchange of nine soldiers with Russian nationality.
News about the Ukraine war: The southern Ukrainian city of Cherson has electricity again
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The southern Ukrainian city of Cherson has electricity again.
First of all, the critical infrastructure should be supplied again and immediately after that the households, wrote presidential adviser Kyrylo Tymoshenko on Telegram.
Since the recapture by Ukrainian troops on November 11, the city has been cut off from electricity and water supplies, and there has also been no heating.
News about the Ukraine war: Zelenskyj commemorates the victims of the Holodomor famine
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In the middle of the Ukraine war, the country thought of the devastating Holodomor famine 90 years ago.
"Once they wanted to destroy us through hunger, now through darkness and cold," President Volodymyr Zelenskyy wrote on Telegram, referring to Russia's attacks on his country's energy infrastructure.
In the years 1932/33 the then Soviet dictator Josef Stalin had deliberately brought about a famine in the Ukraine, the so-called Holodomor.
Up to four million people died.
Zelenskyy emphasized that the Ukrainians are just as little willing to be broken by the Russians today as they were then.
"We will conquer death again." Ukraine's presidential office chief Andriy Yermak wrote: "Russians will pay for all victims of the Holodomor and will be held accountable for today's crimes."
News about the Ukraine war: Thousands of people in Kyiv still without electricity
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After the heavy Russian attacks, tens of thousands of residents in the Ukrainian capital Kiev are still without electricity.
The city's military administration announced that 130,000 people in the metropolis were still affected on Saturday morning.
The repairs should be completed within 24 hours.
Then all the heaters should work again.
The water supply, however, has already been restored, it said.
Only on the top floors of high-rise buildings could there still be problems with low water pressure.
Previously, President Selenskyj had unexpectedly openly criticized the mayor Vitali Klitschko because of the electricity problems (see update from 6.30 a.m.).
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According to President Putin, the Russian arms industry should use the experience gained in the Ukraine war in the fight against modern Western weapons.
This would improve the quality, reliability and combat capability of Russian weapon systems, Putin said.
He attended an event in Moscow marking the 15th anniversary of the state holding Rostec.
This brings together around 700 Russian high-tech companies, primarily in the armaments sector.
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The situation in the city of Cherson, which was recaptured by the Ukrainian armed forces two weeks ago, remains difficult.
From there, the government began evacuating civilians.
A train took 100 people, including 26 children, to the western city of Khmelnytskyi.
News about the Ukraine war: Selenskyj criticizes Klitschko
Update from Saturday, November 26, 6:30 a.m.:
After the Russian rocket attacks with massive destruction, Ukraine is making progress in restoring its power supply.
However, President Volodymyr Zelenskyj criticized the fact that progress was slow, especially in the capital Kyiv.
"Many Kiev citizens were without electricity for more than 20 or even 30 hours," he said on Friday evening.
He expects quality work from the mayor's office, he said in a rarely open criticism of Mayor Vitali Klitschko.
Selenskyj did not call Klitschko by name.
Above all, he was annoyed that there were too few heat rooms in the capital, which has three million inhabitants.
Klitschko had reported in the morning that 400 of these contact points had been set up.
In the event of power outages lasting more than one day, citizens should be able to warm up there;
there should be electricity, water, first aid and internet.
News about the Ukraine war: Russians are preparing people in Crimea for emergencies
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According to information from the Ukrainian general staff, the Russian occupiers of Crimea have started to prepare the people on the Ukrainian peninsula, which has been annexed by Russia since 2014, for the correct behavior in the event of attacks.
"The occupation administration in Simferopol carries out measures to inform the population about the correct behavior in the event of an air raid, as well as in the event of chemical and biological hazards."
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Russian troops also fired at several regions in Ukraine with S300 rockets during the course of Friday.
According to the responsible authorities, the attacks were most violent in Chuhuiv in the Kharkiv region and in Komyshuvahka in the Zaporizhia region.
There was initially no information about injuries.
Despite the ongoing attacks, Ukraine's Energy Agency reported on Friday afternoon that three of Ukraine's offline nuclear power plants had resumed work.
A few days earlier, the power plants had been taken off the grid for safety reasons due to heavy Russian shelling, which had further aggravated the situation in the already ailing Ukrainian energy supply.
Shelling of Cherson in the Ukraine war: Ukraine evacuates hospitals
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.: Ukraine evacuates hospitals in the recently recaptured city of Cherson because of “continued Russian bombing”.
Yaroslav Yanushevich, head of the military administration of the region of the same name, explained this on Telegram.
Russian troops had occupied the city of Cherson for eight months.
Under pressure from Ukrainian attacks, Russian troops evacuated Cherson and their bridgehead on the north-west bank of the Dnipro in mid-November.
The Russians, however, hold positions on the other bank of the river and use their artillery from there.
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According to the Ukrainian transmission system operator Ukrenerho, wind, rain and frosty temperatures at night are slowing down the restoration of power supply in parts of Ukraine.
As the state-owned company announced, 70 percent of the energy requirement is currently covered.
The company also announced that the country's nuclear power plants would be supplied with energy.
Despite damage after Russian rocket attacks, some power plants are working again.
News about the Ukraine war: Putin meets mothers of dead soldiers
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Vladimir Putin rarely appears during the Ukraine war – especially compared to his Ukrainian opponent Volodymyr Zelenskyj, who visits liberated areas such as the city of Cherson and addresses his people every evening via video.
Now, however, Putin has once again made a public appearance.
Just before Mother's Day in Russia on Sunday (November 27), the Russian President met with mothers and wives of combatants.
At the same time, Putin urged the soldiers' mothers not to believe everything they see on TV or read on the Internet, claiming that there are many "fake" stories about the war going around.
"I want you to know that I personally and the entire country's leadership share your pain," Putin said in the released TV clip.
“We understand that nothing can replace the loss of a son.
We share this pain.” Putin added that he had no regrets about the “military special operation” against Ukraine.
It is a necessary turning point in the struggle against Western hegemony.
The mothers' comments were not shown in the television clip.
Ukraine War News: Millions of People Are Plunging in Need
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According to the United Nations (UN), at least 77 civilians have been killed in Russian attacks on Ukraine’s critical infrastructure since October.
"Millions of people are plunged into extreme misery and appalling living conditions as a result of these attacks," said the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk.
According to Türk, videos that appear to show Ukrainian soldiers executing Russian prisoners of war have also been classified as authentic in a preliminary analysis by the UN.
Ukraine says it wants to investigate alleged mistreatment by its armed forces.
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During a visit to Kiev, British Foreign Secretary James Cleverly promised Ukraine an ambulance and other practical support.
"As winter sets in, Russia is trying to break Ukrainian resolve with brutal attacks on civilians, hospitals and energy infrastructure," the politician said in Kyiv, according to the British
PA
news agency .
"Russia will fail."
News about the Ukraine war: NATO supplies jammers
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NATO has supplied the armed forces of Ukraine with jammers for drone defense.
The so-called jammers are part of a comprehensive support package, said Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg at a press conference in Brussels.
It also included fuel, medical supplies, and winter gear.
The jammers are designed to help Ukraine fend off attacks with kamikaze drones.
The devices are usually electromagnetic transmitters that interfere with the drones' navigation or communication systems.
Meanwhile, Kyiv is demanding weapons that can also threaten Putin himself (see update from 11:10 a.m.).
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Nine months after the start of the Ukraine war, the situation for the civilian population in Ukraine is becoming increasingly desperate.
For example, on Wednesday (November 23) the nationwide power supply failed after massive Russian rocket attacks on the energy infrastructure.
Despite wintry temperatures, Ukraine is still fighting, President Zelenskyj appealed to the people's spirit of resistance (see first report).
In addition, Kyiv calls on the West to act.
"Weapons must now be delivered that also pose a potential threat to Putin," government circles told the newspaper
Die Welt
.
Kyiv needs longer-range missiles that can also eliminate launch bases and ammunition dumps on Russian territory.
"The possibility of such a counterattack on our part would be seen in Moscow as a deterrent." According to government circles in Kyiv, Putin has not yet given up his war goal of complete domination of Ukraine.
In order to be able to resist, the country urgently needs more air defense systems.
Update from Friday, November 25, 10:10 a.m .:
According to Mayor Vitali Klitschko, half of the consumers in the capital Kiev still have no electricity.
A third of Kiev's houses are already heated again, Klitschko said on Telegram.
According to the capital's military administration, the water supply in Kyiv has now been fully restored.
The heat supply will also be restored, emergency teams are in the repair operation.
News about the Ukraine war: Selenskyj is combative
First report from Friday, November 25:
Kiev – A war has been raging in Europe for nine months now.
An end to the Ukraine conflict is currently not in sight.
While Russia has to accept many setbacks and sometimes heavy losses on the ground, Ukraine is suffering from the massive airstrikes with which the aggressor from Moscow hopes to bring the Ukrainian people to their knees.
However, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy remains combative.
In his video speech, faced with the cold and darkness in the cities as a result of the massive blackouts, he once again invoked his people's spirit of resistance against the Russian invasion.
“We endured a full-scale war for nine months, and Russia didn't find a way to break us.
And it won't find anyone," said Zelenskyy.
"We must carry on as we are right now, in unity and mutual aid."
News about the Ukraine war: Kyiv without water and electricity
The restoration of electricity and water supply after the heavy rocket attack on November 23 lasted all Thursday and into Friday night.
According to the network operator Ukrenerho, half of the demand can be covered again.
The situation in the capital Kyiv remained tense.
Only 30 percent of households there had electricity.
The attacks on civilian targets are "the revenge of those who lost," Zelensky said.
"The only thing they can do is terrorize.
Whether energy terrorism, artillery terrorism or rocket terrorism – Russia has come down to that under its current leadership.”
News about the Ukraine war: Lukashenko rules out the use of his army
Meanwhile, the Belarusian head of state, Alexander Lukashenko, has ruled out direct deployment of his army in the Russian war of aggression against Ukraine.
"If we interfere directly with the armed forces, with soldiers, in this conflict, we are not contributing anything, we are only making it worse," said Lukashenko, according to a report by the
Belta
agency .
Belarus supports Russia, but its role is different.
Lukashenko has made his country dependent on Moscow available as a deployment area for Russian troops.
Ukraine therefore regards the neighboring country as a warring party and keeps troops in reserve in case it has to fend off a direct attack from Belarus.
(cs/dpa)
