Russia continues to target Ukraine’s infrastructure. Rockets hit several apartment buildings in the Kharkiv region. In the east of the country, the Ukrainian army says it can fend off massive attacks by Russian troops.
Ukraine has reported intense fighting with Russian units in the Donbass, especially around the towns of Bakhmut and Soledar. “Dozens of attacks in one day” were repelled, Deputy Defense Minister Hanna Maljar said on Ukrainian television. If the Russian army advances, Ukraine will immediately respond with a counterattack.
According to the Ukrainian general staff, Russia continued to attack infrastructure in several regions of the country with missiles and Iranian drones. According to the authorities in the Kharkiv area, five women and two men were injured in the attacks. The attackers damaged four private houses, two high-rise buildings and a shop with artillery fire, it said. For its part, Ukraine reported the destruction of an ammunition depot, among other things. The information from the combat area could not be independently confirmed.
Russia recently targeted Ukraine’s energy infrastructure. Numerous power plants were hit, and there are power cuts every day. In the Kyiv region, the power supply was cut again. Consumption has increased significantly – in order to avoid a massive outage, the decision was made to take this step, said the utility Ukrenerho in the capital.
