"Huge explosion": According to Russia, Ukraine cuts an important supply line at Melitopol
Created: 2022-12-13Updated: 2022-12-13, 3:51 p.m
By: Franziska Schwarz
Putin's troops have withdrawn from Cherson - the region is still under fire.
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Update from December 13, 2:35 p.m .
: Ukrainian soldiers apparently carried out a bomb attack on a bridge on Tuesday morning (December 13) near the Russian-occupied southern Ukrainian city of Melitopol.
The Konstantinovka Bridge was "damaged by terrorists," wrote Vladimir Rogov, a representative of the pro-Russian occupation administration, in the online service Telegram.
"A huge explosion was heard in the middle of the city," Rogow said.
"The windows and walls of the houses were shaking, the city center was shrouded in black smoke."
Photo from November 28th: a crying woman in front of a residential building in Nikopol © IMAGO/Celestino Arce Lavin
Rogow did not specify the extent of the damage, but circulated images showing a collapsed section of the bridge.
According to him, the bridge served to supply the Russian-occupied areas in the Cherson and Zaporizhia regions.
"The Zelenskyi regime hates the peaceful life in Melitopol and other liberated areas," the Russian occupier raged, true to Putin's propaganda.
The damaged bridge at Melitopol in the Russian-occupied Zaporizhia region.
© Konstantin Mihalchevskiy/Imago
New offensive by Putin's military?
Ukraine governor reports 57 attacks in just one night
Kiev - The new tactics of the Russian military are aimed at the civilian population: For weeks, the troops under Kremlin chief Vladimir Putin have been launching targeted attacks on the Ukrainian electricity and water supply - with a view to the freezing winter.
Attacks in southern Ukraine: Governor reports 57 attacks in just one night
According to the governor of the Dnipropetrovsk region, there have now been 57 attacks in just one night in the region.
This was reported by the Kyiv Independent.
The information could not be independently verified.
The city of Nikopol, located in Dnipropetrovsk, was only recently the target of 30 Russian artillery attacks.
It lies on the Dnipro River, which forms the front line there.
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Battles at Melitopol
There is more worrying news from southern Ukraine: The strategically important city of Melitopol - a transport hub - could
be the target of a new Russian offensive, according to
Forbes .
The US magazine concluded this from the fighting on Friday (December 9) in the area of Huljajpole and Polohy.
The two cities are only 100 kilometers away from Melitopol.
On the same day, an energy supplier from the southern Ukrainian city of Kherson reported that the region's gas, electricity and water infrastructure was "virtually destroyed": "More than a thousand missiles and drones" had been fired by Russia "since October 10". , Ukrenergo boss Volodymyr Kudrytskyi said at a press conference.
(frs with material from AFP and dpa)
