Ukraine has accused Russia of looting empty homes in the southern city of Kherson and occupying them with troops in civilian clothes to prepare for street fighting in what both sides predict will be one of the war's most important battles
The new weaponry comes as a question mark hovers over American support for Ukraine ahead of elections which will determine control of the US Congress.
Attacks by Moscow's forces, including with Iranian-made drones over the past month, have destroyed around 40% of Ukraine's power stations. The secretary of Ukraine's national security and defence council Oleksiy Danilov said the decision to take over several companies was made"in connection with military necessity".
In recent days, Russia has ordered civilians out of Kherson in anticipation of a Ukrainian assault to recapture the city, the only regional capital Moscow has seized since its invasion in February. About 100 disabled children were moved from a medical facility in Dnipriany in Kherson region to the Moscow region, Ukraine's military said. Patients from an elderly persons' home in Kakhovka were also being moved and Russian forces are taking over those facilities, it said.
Russian forces were"involved in looting and theft from residents and from infrastructure sites and are taking away equipment, food and vehicles to the Russian Federation," it said in an update tonight.
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