Ukraine struck the Russian-occupied city of Melitopol, damaging the city’s infrastructure — as talk of a counter-attack against depleted Russian forces gains traction.
Ukraine struck the Russian-occupied city of Melitopol on Wednesday, damaging the city’s railroad station and fractioning power supplies as talk of a counter-attack against depleted Russian forces gains traction.
Melitopol, located south of the Zaporizhzhia region and about 60 miles from the war’s front lines, is one of five Ukrainian provinces Russia claims it has seized. Six Ukrainian HIMARS rockets were used in the early morning attack, Vladimir Rogov, a member of the Russian-appointed military in Zaporizhzhia,Ivan Fedorov, the exiled Ukrainian mayor of Melitopol, confirmed several explosions had taken place in the city.Russian defenses shot down three of the rockets, but the remaining three hit a railway, an electricity substation and the railway depot.
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