Renewed bombing of Ukrainian infrastructure
Russia confronts a Ukrainian attack in Kherson and calls on civilians to leave the area immediately
The evacuation of civilians from Kherson continues.
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Ukrainian family displaced from Kherson.
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The authorities in the Kherson region, which Russia annexed, yesterday, called on all civilians to leave the regional capital immediately, in front of the progress of Ukrainian forces, while the Ukrainian authorities announced that vital infrastructure across the country was bombed again.
Yesterday, the administration of the Kherson region said: "All civilian residents of Kherson must leave the city immediately," noting a tense situation on the front, and an increased risk of intense shelling, and evacuations began to the left bank of the Dnieper River.
The Russian Defense Ministry said yesterday that its forces had thwarted a Ukrainian attempt to breach its defense lines in the Kherson region in the south, where Moscow is evacuating civilians, in anticipation of a broader counterattack by Ukraine.
"All attacks were thwarted, and the enemy was returned to their original positions," the ministry added, adding that Ukraine launched its attack towards the Pyatikhatki, Sukhanov, Sablokivka and Besvoden regions on the western side of the Dnieper River, and Russian forces also repelled attacks in the Luhansk and Donetsk regions in the east.
In addition, the Ukrainian Air Force announced that vital infrastructure across Ukraine was bombed again by more than 10 Russian missiles, yesterday, and several regions reported strikes targeting energy facilities and power outages.
Since October 10, Russia has launched a series of missiles at Ukraine's energy infrastructure, hitting at least half of the thermal plants and up to 40% of the entire system.
Local officials reported damage to power facilities in the Odessa, Kirovohrad and Lutsk regions, and other regions reported electricity problems.
Russia launched new missile attacks on several parts of Ukraine, prompting the authorities to sound air raid sirens across the country yesterday, and the Ukrainian authorities and media reported explosions in the northwestern city of Rivne, the greater Kyiv region and Odessa.
Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko confirmed the attacks in the capital, and said on his Telegram channel: "The air raid sirens continue," and advised Ukrainians to stay inside air raid shelters.
US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and his Russian counterpart, Sergei Shoigu, had a phone call the day before yesterday, for the first time in months, while Washington confirmed in the meantime that it did not see any intention of the Kremlin to engage in a discussion aimed at stopping the war in Ukraine, and Austin stressed During this rare phone call, he stressed the "importance of maintaining communication channels."
The US Department of Defense (the Pentagon) did not reveal additional details about the phone call, but the Russian Ministry of Defense said that the two ministers discussed several current issues related to international security, including the situation in Ukraine.
Austin also spoke to Ukraine's Defense Minister, Oleksiy Reznikov, and assured him of the United States' unwavering commitment to supporting Ukraine's ability to stand up to Russian forces.
Later, US Secretary of State, Anthony Blinken, confirmed that Washington intends to maintain contacts with Moscow, but that any diplomatic contact at a higher level is not on the table at the present time, as this depends on Russian President Vladimir Putin's intention to stop the war.
"We see no indication in this direction," Blinken said, during a joint press conference with French Foreign Minister Catherine Colonna.
On the contrary, we see Russia going further and further into the war.”
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