Ukraine: Images obtained reveal damage to villages after fighting

The images Drone footage obtained by The Associated Press reveals damage caused by fighting in the Ukrainian village of Ocheretyne, a town that has been targeted by Russian forces in the Donetsk region of eastern Ukraine. Ukraine.

Russian troops have been advancing in the area, attacking the towns with artillery, drones and bombs. kyiv forces, depleted and deprived of ammunition. He ukrainian army has recognized that the Russians have achieved “settle” in Ocheretyne, which had a population of about 3,0000 before the war, but indicated that fighting continues.

Residents have hastily fled the village, including a 98-year-old woman who walked nearly 10 kilometers (6 miles) alone last week, wearing a pair of slippers and supported by a cane, to reach the ukrainian front.

Not a single person can be seen in the images, and no buildings in Ocheretyne appear to have been left untouched by the fighting. Most houses, apartment blocks and other buildings appear damaged beyond repair, and many homes have been torn down into piles of wood and bricks. A factory on the outskirts was also severely damaged.

The images also show smoke billowing from several homes and fires in at least two buildings.

In other places, Russia has intensified attacks against Kharkiv, the second largest city in recent weeks. Ukrainein an attempt to damage the energy infrastructure of the region and terrorize its 1.3 million residents.

Four people were injured and one civil building Two-story building was damaged and set on fire overnight after Russian forces attacked Kharkiv, northeastern Ukrainewith explosive drones, regional governor Oleh Syniehubov said on Saturday.

All four people, including a 13-year-old boy, were injured by falling debris, Syniehubov said on the Telegram messaging app.

The Russian state agency RIA reported on Saturday that the security forces Moscow had attacked a drone warehouse in Kharkiv that had been used by the ukrainian troops during the night, according to Sergei Lebedev, described as a coordinator of local pro-Moscow guerrillas. His comments could not be independently verified.

On Saturday, another russian attack hit a civilian business in an industrial district of Kharkiv, Syniehubov said. According to first reports, four people were injured. In the Black Sea port of Odessa, which has been the target of repeated attacks in recent days, three people were injured in a rocket attack on “civil infrastructure”declared the regional governor, Oleh Kiper.

The army of Ukraine He reported that Russia launched a total of 13 Shahed drones overnight in the Kharkiv and Dnipropetrovsk regions of eastern Ukraine, which were shot down by Ukrainian air defenses.

He Ministry of energy The Ukrainian government said Saturday that overnight attacks damaged an electrical substation in the Dnipropetrovsk region, briefly leaving homes and businesses without power.