Moscow continues to deny targeting civilians, as UN says 16,295 have died since February
Meanwhile, Ukraine’s capital Kyiv, the area around the Black Sea port of Odesa and more than a dozen other regions are grappling with power shortages following relentless Russian attacks on energy infrastructure, president Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Friday.
“Things are very difficult in Kyiv region and the city of Kyiv – Odesa region and also Vynnitsia and Ternopil,” he said, referring to two areas in western and southwestern Ukraine. Kyiv is by far the largest city in Ukraine with an estimated population of about three million, with up to two million more in the Kyiv region. Odesa, the focal point of Ukraine’s agriculture exports, is the third most populous city, with about one million.
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