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  • Russia is preparing to evacuate the population of Kherson, a city in southern Ukraine where its troops are facing a particularly "tense" situation in the face of the counter-offensive by kyiv, which has denounced the numerous strikes having once again targeted its energy infrastructure on Tuesday.

  • Moscow again bombed "the military command and energy systems of Ukraine" on Tuesday, according to the Russian Defense Ministry.

    According to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, “since October 10, 30% of Ukrainian power plants have been destroyed, causing massive blackouts across the country” as winter approaches.

    “The situation is now critical,” added an adviser to the presidency.

  • The Russian army said Tuesday that the situation on the ground in Ukraine was "tense" for its troops in the face of a Ukrainian counter-offensive, after several significant setbacks in the east and south.

    On the eastern front of Ukraine, Bakhmout is one of the last towns where Russian forces, elsewhere in retreat, are still advancing.

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07:31: The battle of Kherson looms

The battle of Kherson is looming.

The Russian army is preparing to evacuate the population of the capital of a key region in southern Ukraine, in the face of a counter-offensive from kyiv.

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7:15 a.m .: Russian army says situation is “tense” for its troops in Ukraine

The Russian army said Tuesday that the situation on the ground in Ukraine was "tense" for its troops in the face of a Ukrainian counter-offensive, after several significant setbacks in the east and south.

“The situation in the area of ​​the special military operation can be described as tense.

The enemy is not giving up its attempts to attack Russian troop positions,” General Sergei Surovikin, in charge of operations in Ukraine for ten days, told Russian public television Rossia 24.


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