Russia bombs residential areas and fires on power supplies
Created: 12/16/2022, 6:20 p.m
By: Andreas Apetz
The war in Ukraine continues unchanged.
Russia continued shelling in the Kherson region on Friday.
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Kyiv – On the 296th day of the war, the Russian army continues its relentless attacks in the Cherson region.
As the news
channel CNN
reported, southern parts of the capital of the same name were under artillery and rocket fire.
Ukraine's Prosecutor General's Office said the attack early on Friday morning (December 16) set fire to several apartments in a multi-storey building.
The shelling comes at the end of a week of sustained Russian attacks on the city and surrounding areas.
According to Yaroslav Yanushevich, head of the military administration of the Kherson region, "critical infrastructure, residential buildings, public transport, medical facilities and distribution points for humanitarian aid" were hit.
A total of four people were killed.
Cherson was liberated in November by a counteroffensive by Ukraine.
Since then, the region has been struggling to restore basic services.
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News about the Ukraine war: Russia fires on energy supplies
Not only in Cherson does Ukraine fear for its supply system.
As Ukraine's largest private energy company DTEK announced in a press release on Friday, nine generation plants were damaged after a rocket attack on the morning of December 16.
Large parts of the north, south and center of the country are affected.
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The destruction of the energy supply is a strategic goal of Russia in the Ukraine war.
“From September to December, 20 Russian terrorist attacks were carried out on DTEK power plants.
Twenty-four power technicians were injured and three killed.
There were also victims among the rescue workers and employees of subcontractors,” the company summarized in its press release.
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