Russia targets infrastructure in retaliation to rapid Ukraine gains
by Lorenzo Tondo, Isobel Koshiw in Kharkiv, Dan Sabba from World news | The Guardian on (#63GPR)
Mayor of Kharkiv says strike that knocked out power and water was act of revenge' by Russia
Russia targeted infrastructure facilities in central and eastern Ukraine on Sunday evening in a response to a dramatic Ukrainian counter-offensive in Kharkiv province that has reshaped the war and left Moscow reeling.
The mayor of Kharkiv city, Ihor Terekhov, said a strike had knocked out power and water to much of the city, in what he described as an act of revenge" by Russia for Ukraine's recent battlefield successes. There were reports of blackouts in Dnipro, Poltava and other eastern cities, potentially affecting millions of civilians.
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