Ukraine said it faced fierce attacks in the east from Russian forces reinforced with troops withdrawn from Kherson in the south
The government in Kyiv was working to restore power across the country after intense Russian strikes on civilian infrastructure earlier in the week, officials said.
The incident occurred while Russia unleashed a barrage of missiles on cities across Ukraine, targeting its energy grid and worsening power blackouts for millions, in what Ukraine says was the most intense bombardment of the nine-month-long war. Russia's Foreign Ministry said the"mayhem" around accusations of Russian involvement in the missile were"part of a systematic anti-Russian campaign by the West."Meanwhile, fighting was heavy in the eastern Donetsk region including in the towns of Pavlivka, Vuhledar, Maryianka and Bakhmut, Ukrainian presidential adviser Oleksiy Arestovych said in an online video.
It was the only regional capital Russia had captured since its 24 February invasion, and the pullback was the third major Russian retreat of the war. Mr Arestovych said redeployed Russian forces have also gone on the attack in the southern Zaporizhzhia region and may be planning to launch another offensive in Kharkiv in the north, where they were pushed back by Ukraine earlier in the conflict.
Interfax Ukraine news agency quoted Interior Minister Denys Monastyrsky as telling national television that"the search has only just started so many more dungeons and burial places will be uncovered."Following the latest wave of missile attacks targeting power infrastructure, Mr Zelensky said late last night that technicians had worked nonstop to restore electricity to households.
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