New offensive by Putin's military?
Ukraine governor reports 57 attacks in just one night
Created: 2022-12-13, 12:54 p.m
By: Franziska Schwarz
Photo from November 28th: a crying woman in front of a residential building in Nikopol © IMAGO/Celestino Arce Lavin
Putin's troops have withdrawn from Cherson - the region is still under fire.
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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.
New Russian offensive in Ukraine war?
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 rockets 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)