Since Moscow shut down the internet, no information has leaked from Kherson. This city in southern Ukraine is about to be the scene of an intense battle in the coming days. Occupied by Russian forces since the start of the war, kyiv is regaining ground. Last week, Moscow announced that 70,000 residents of the region had been transferred to the left bank of the Dnieper. Follow our live.
More power cuts. Of the “additional restrictions” electricity have been introduced in several regions, the national operator Ukrenergo announced on Saturday. These “emergency interruptions” have touched “all categories of consumers” in several regions, including kyiv. According to The New York Timesthe Ukrainian capital is also preparing to evacuate all its inhabitants in the event of a permanent loss of electricity supply.
Iran has delivered drones to Russia. “We provided Russia with a limited number of drones, months before the war in Ukraine”, acknowledged Iranian Foreign Minister. In recent weeks, kyiv and its Western allies have accused Russia of using Iranian-made drones to carry out attacks in Ukraine. Tehran had so far repeatedly denied the claims.
A statue of Lenin returns to Melitopol. It had been unbolted during the 2014 revolution. The Russian occupation authorities announced that they had handed over a statue of Lenin to Melitopol, a city in southeastern Ukraine occupied since the very first days of the Russian offensive. Photos of the Bolshevik leader’s statue have been posted on social media.