Russia’s attacks on Ukraine advance this Saturday (26) – follow the repercussion live on CNN.
A US Defense official pointed out that more than 250 missiles were launched by Russian forces into Ukraine during the morning, US East Coast time. The majority of launches “continue to be of the short-range ballistic missile type,” the official said.
“Civilian infrastructure and residential areas” continue to be hit by the missile attacks, the official said.
“We cannot say whether these sites were targeted intentionally, but there is no doubt in our minds that civilian infrastructure and residential areas are being hit by these bombings,” he said.
As of Saturday morning, according to the official, the US “has no indication” that the Russian military has “taken control of any cities”.
There have been “intermittent” power outages in Ukraine, but the internet is still “generally available”, the official added.
Intense fighting in Kharkiv
The most intense fighting in Ukraine takes place “in and around Kharkiv”, a US defense official said on Saturday.
The official said the US also saw “strong resistance in the North’s advance towards Kiev”. “But the most intense fight we still assess is in and around Kharkiv,” the official added.
Russian forces are facing “less resistance in the South”, the official added.
Russian troops destroy dam
Russian troops destroyed a concrete dam built in Ukraine’s Kherson region in 2014 to drain water into Crimea. The information is from the RIA news agency, citing Governor Sergei Aksyonov of Crimea, annexed to Russia.
Ukraine cut off freshwater supplies to Crimea by damming a canal that supplied 85% of the peninsula’s needs before Moscow annexed Crimea in 2014.
The Soviet-era canal was built to channel water from the Dnieper River to arid areas of Ukraine’s Kherson region and Crimea.
*(From Reuters Maxim Rodionov and Andrew Osborn)
Source: CNN Brasil
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