In total, “around 10,000 people must be evacuated”, he added, calling on residents to leave as quickly as possible. “The enemy strikes insidiously and continuously,” Mr. Synegoubov said.
Already on Tuesday, he warned that the authorities could no longer “guarantee” the supply of water, electricity and heating in this area due to “constant” Russian bombings which prevent repair teams from restoring damaged networks.
Volodymyr Zelensky: “Either we arm ourselves with nuclear weapons or we enter NATO”
Kupiansk, a railway junction in the Kharkiv region, bordering Russia, had more than 26,000 inhabitants before the Russian invasion launched in February 2022.
Occupied by the Russian army, the city was recaptured by kyiv forces in September of the same year, but it remains regularly targeted by Russian strikes even though the front is only about ten kilometers away.
Ukraine’s energy infrastructure has been seriously damaged by Russian bombing, which regularly causes power outages and raises fears of a very difficult winter for Ukrainians.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky presented kyiv’s main allies with a “victory plan” which includes deliveries of anti-aircraft defense batteries to protect the country’s energy infrastructure.
