Ukraine reports 20 ‘aerial targets’ shot down above Kyiv; mayor Vitali Klitschko says power and heating outages persist across city
Over the last five days, Russian and Ukrainian forces have probably been fighting for control of the P66 highway, north of the Russian-held Luhansk town of Kremina, the UK Ministry of Defence reports.
The P66 is a “key supply route for the northern section of Russia’s Donbas front from the Belgorod region of Russia” and its use has been disrupted by Ukrainian artillery since October, the ministry adds.
If Ukraine were able to secure the route, it would highly likely further undermine Russia’s defence of Kremina.”
As a result of night shelling of the capital, energy infrastructure facilities were damaged. There were emergency power outages in the city. Accordingly, there are de-energised heat supply facilities,” he wrote in an update to early on Monday morning.
