The city of Mariupol, in the east of the country, is deprived of electricity after a Russian offensive.
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The war continues in eastern Ukraine. On the one hand, the center of Kharkiv, the country’s second city, was bombarded on the morning of Tuesday March 1, announces on Telegram the governor of the region, Oleg Sinegoubov. The otherthe city of Mariupol is deprived of electricity after a Russian offensive, the governor of the Donetsk region, of which it is a part, announced on Tuesday.
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In Kharkov, “the Russian occupier continues to use heavy weapons against the civilian population”he writes, publishing footage of a huge explosion in the central square of the city, where the seat of the local administration is located. Fighting also took place on Monday in Okhtyrka, about 100 kilometers northwest of the city, which reportedly killed “about 70 Ukrainian fighters” but also many Russians, according to local authorities. Asked by AFP, the Ukrainian army did not confirm this assessment.
400 kilometers away, the city of Mariupol, on the Sea of Azov, is without electricity after a Russian offensive. The leader of the pro-Russian separatists in the Donetsk region, Denis Pushilin, explained that the objective was to encircle this strategic city by the Sea of Azov during the day. “Mariupol and Volnovakha are ours! The two cities are under enemy pressure but they are holding on”however, said Pavlo Kirilenko, governor of the Donetsk region, on his Facebook page.