According to Ukrainian officials, Russia bombarded a train station where about 140 civilians were waiting to board a train to Kyiv and fired about 50 Shahed drones at locations in Ukraine on Wednesday. At least five individuals were murdered in the incident, which also left most of the southern city of Kherson without power.
According to regional governor Oleksandr Prokudin, the bombing of the Kherson region and its capital affected residential neighborhoods, a mall, and the electrical grid. As a result, 70% of households in Kherson city were left without electricity during the winter. According to Prokudin, it was not immediately possible to predict when power may be restored.
During the previous winter, when it attempted to destroy the spirits of the Ukrainian people by depriving them of running water and heat, Russia also targeted electricity infrastructure.
Regional Governor Oleh Kiper reported that the drone attack in Odesa, another significant city in southern Ukraine, left two persons dead and three injured, including a 17-year-old.
According to the Ukrainian air force, 32 of the 46 drones that Russia fired overnight were intercepted.
A Russian ship moored in the Black Sea off the coast of Crimea was damaged by Ukrainian warplanes the day before the aerial bombardment.
According to the Ukrainian military, the planes hit a 360-foot Russian landing ship that was anchored in the coastal city of Feodosia. The landing ship was capable of carrying up to ten tanks and over 200 sailors. One person was killed in the strike, according to the Crimean government supported by Russia, and the Kremlin admitted that guided missiles had “damaged” the ship.
“This latest destruction of Putin’s navy demonstrates that those who believe there’s a stalemate in the Ukraine war are wrong!” Declared on social media by British Defense Minister Grant Shapps. “Russia’s dominance in the Black Sea is now challenged.”
Along the front lines of the 22-month conflict, soldiers from Russia and Ukraine are having difficulty moving forward.
Russian forces captured a city in eastern Ukraine last week, but a Western military assessment concluded that this would not serve as a major battlefield advantage for Russia.
General Valerii Zaluzhnyi, the head of Ukrainian forces, announced on Tuesday that his forces had withdrew to Marinka’s northern outskirts. Marinka is the largest city in Russian-held territory, and it is located approximately 12 miles west of Donetsk.
Marinka had been in Russian control for about two years, according to Zaluzhnyi, but Russian forces “were destroying it street by street, house by house.”
According to a research organization called the Institute for the Study of War, “Russian forces are highly unlikely to make rapid operational advances from Marinka.”
It did say that “localized Russian offensive operations are still placing pressure on Ukrainian forces in many places along the front in eastern Ukraine.”