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Kharkov, Ukraine’s second-largest city, and much of the eastern Donetsk region suffered widespread power outages on Sunday as Ukrainian forces continued to fight back.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky accused Russia of attacking “critical infrastructure” and said the aim was to “deprive people of light and heat”. Zaporizhzhia, Dnipropetrovsk and Sumy regions also experienced partial power outages.
Russian troops withdrew from dozens of settlements northeast of Kharkov last weekend, losing vital supply lines.
Kharkiv mayor Ikhor Terekhov accused the Russian military of “cynical revenge” for allegedly attacking civilian infrastructure as they left.
Originally launched in late August and initially focused on the Kherson region in the south, the Ukrainian counteroffensive has recently shifted to the northeast.
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Ukraine’s Defense Minister Oleksiy Reznikov appeared convinced that Russia’s morale would collapse “like an avalanche” and that “each line of defense will collapse one after another.”
“I am sure that with a few more successes on the front, even small victories, the Russian army will run away,” Reznikov said in an interview translated by Pravda on Saturday. “Today we are disrupting their supply chains, their warehouses, etc.”
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The commander-in-chief of the Ukrainian army, General Valery Zalzhny, claimed that the army had recaptured more than 1,150 square miles since the counteroffensive began.
Reuters contributed to this report.