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KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — The Ukrainian colony of Ocheretyne has been battered by fighting, drone footage obtained by The Associated Press shows. The colony has been a target for Russian forces successful nan Donetsk region of eastbound Ukraine.
Russian troops person been advancing successful nan area, pounding Kyiv’s depleted, ammunition-deprived forces pinch artillery, drones and bombs. Ukraine’s subject has acknowledged nan Russians person gained a “foothold” successful Ocheretyne, which had a organization of astir 3,000 earlier nan war, but says that fighting continues.
Residents person scrambled to fly nan village, among them a 98-year-old womanwho walked almost 10 kilometers (6 miles) unsocial past week, wearing a brace of slippers and supported by a cane, until she reached Ukrainian beforehand lines.
Not a azygous personification is seen successful nan footage, and nary building successful Ocheretyne appears to person been near untouched by nan fighting. Most houses, flat blocks and different buildings look damaged beyond repair, and galore houses person been pummeled into piles of wood and bricks. A mill connected nan outskirts has besides been severely damaged.
The footage besides shows fume billowing from respective houses, and fires burning successful astatine slightest 2 buildings.
Elsewhere, Russia has successful caller weeks stepped up attacks connected Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second-largest city, successful an effort to pummel nan region’s power infrastructure and terrorize its 1.3 cardinal residents.
Four group were wounded and a two-story civilian building was damaged and group ablaze overnight aft Russian forces struck Kharkiv, successful northeastern Ukraine, pinch exploding drones, location politician Oleh Syniehubov said Saturday.
The four, including a 13-year-old, were wounded by falling debris, he said connected nan Telegram messaging app.
Ukraine’s subject said Russia launched a full of 13 Shahed drones astatine nan Kharkiv and Dnipropetrovsk regions of eastbound Ukraine overnight, each of which were changeable down by Ukrainian aerial defenses.
Syniehubov said Russia besides bombed Kharkiv connected Friday, damaging residential buildings and sparking a fire. An 82-year-old female died and 2 men were wounded.
Russia’s Defense Ministry claimed early connected Saturday that its forces overnight changeable down 4 U.S.-provided long-range ATACMS missiles complete nan Crimean Peninsula, which Moscow illegally annexed from Ukraine successful 2014. The ministry did not supply further details.
Ukraine has precocious begun utilizing nan missiles, provided secretly by nan United States, to deed Russian-held areas, including a subject airfield successful Crimea and successful different area eastbound of nan occupied metropolis of Berdyansk, U.S. officials said past week.
Long sought by Ukrainian leaders, nan caller missiles springiness Ukraine astir double nan striking region — up to 300 kilometers (190 miles) — than it had pinch nan mid-range type of nan weapons it received from nan U.S. past October.
