Ukraine warns of new strikes on power plants, as Russians dig
Russian forces are strengthening their positions in southern Ukraine after withdrawing from Kherson, and the Kremlin has denied plans to withdraw from the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant.
Amid Ukrainian warnings that Moscow is preparing a new wave of strikes against energy plants, Russian forces are strengthening their defensive lines in the south of Ukraine after withdrawing from the city of Kherson.
Since being ordered to withdraw from Kherson earlier this month, the Russian troops dig trenches and erect barriers against the possibility of a new Ukrainian offensive to the east and south of the city, the gateway to occupied Crimea. Peninsula.
But the Kremlin, likely still stung by bitter setbacks, on Monday dismissed widespread speculation that its forces could soon drop another prize in southern Italy. Ukraine, Zaporizhzh nuclear power plant ia which he seized shortly after his invasion in February.
"Do not look for signs where there is no 'there is none and cannot be,' said a spokesman for President Vladimir V. Putin, Dmitry S. Peskov.
The warning of he Ukrainian official who said Russia is preparing to unleash new attacks on energy infrastructure came even as utility crews, struggling to bring down temperatures, worked to restore power supplies devastated by recent bombings.
Natalia Humeniuk, spokesperson for the command Ukrainian army's southern wing said on Monday that Ukraine had received intelligence reports suggesting the new strikes could take place this week, possibly using missiles launched from a Russian navy ship in the Black Sea. .
President Volodymyr Zelensky has told Ukrainians that the coming week could prove difficult again. "As long as they have missiles, they won't stop," he said during his nightly speech Sunday night.
But Mr. Zelensky said that by working together, Ukrainians would overcome "Russia's attempt to use cold weather against people".
On Monday, a group of foreign ministers from seven Baltic and Nordic countries traveled to Kyiv to discuss the threat to Ukraine. energy infrastructure ravaged before winter. Representatives from Estonia, Iceland, Latvia, Lithuania, Sweden, Finland and Norway met Mr Zelensky in the Ukrainian capital and discussed humanitarian and military aid, sanctions against Russia and the Ukraine's application for membership of the European Union.
The warning about further infrastructure attacks came as the Institute for the Study of War, a Washington-based research group, said Sunday in a report that satellite imagery showed Russian forces prioritizing trench digging and the erection of so-called dragon's teeth anti-tank defenses on the eastern bank of the Dnipro River, opposite the city of Kherson.
>"Russian defensive positions suggest Russian military leaders are considering the prospect...
Russian forces are strengthening their positions in southern Ukraine after withdrawing from Kherson, and the Kremlin has denied plans to withdraw from the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant.
Amid Ukrainian warnings that Moscow is preparing a new wave of strikes against energy plants, Russian forces are strengthening their defensive lines in the south of Ukraine after withdrawing from the city of Kherson.
Since being ordered to withdraw from Kherson earlier this month, the Russian troops dig trenches and erect barriers against the possibility of a new Ukrainian offensive to the east and south of the city, the gateway to occupied Crimea. Peninsula.
But the Kremlin, likely still stung by bitter setbacks, on Monday dismissed widespread speculation that its forces could soon drop another prize in southern Italy. Ukraine, Zaporizhzh nuclear power plant ia which he seized shortly after his invasion in February.
"Do not look for signs where there is no 'there is none and cannot be,' said a spokesman for President Vladimir V. Putin, Dmitry S. Peskov.
The warning of he Ukrainian official who said Russia is preparing to unleash new attacks on energy infrastructure came even as utility crews, struggling to bring down temperatures, worked to restore power supplies devastated by recent bombings.
Natalia Humeniuk, spokesperson for the command Ukrainian army's southern wing said on Monday that Ukraine had received intelligence reports suggesting the new strikes could take place this week, possibly using missiles launched from a Russian navy ship in the Black Sea. .
President Volodymyr Zelensky has told Ukrainians that the coming week could prove difficult again. "As long as they have missiles, they won't stop," he said during his nightly speech Sunday night.
But Mr. Zelensky said that by working together, Ukrainians would overcome "Russia's attempt to use cold weather against people".
On Monday, a group of foreign ministers from seven Baltic and Nordic countries traveled to Kyiv to discuss the threat to Ukraine. energy infrastructure ravaged before winter. Representatives from Estonia, Iceland, Latvia, Lithuania, Sweden, Finland and Norway met Mr Zelensky in the Ukrainian capital and discussed humanitarian and military aid, sanctions against Russia and the Ukraine's application for membership of the European Union.
The warning about further infrastructure attacks came as the Institute for the Study of War, a Washington-based research group, said Sunday in a report that satellite imagery showed Russian forces prioritizing trench digging and the erection of so-called dragon's teeth anti-tank defenses on the eastern bank of the Dnipro River, opposite the city of Kherson.
>"Russian defensive positions suggest Russian military leaders are considering the prospect...
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