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Hundreds of thousands of people in central and western Ukraine woke up on Saturday to power outages and periodic bursts of gunfire, as Ukrainian air defense...

Ukraines state energy company Ukrenergo stated that Saturdays attacks caused damage "comparable to or exceeding the consequences of the attack on 10-12 October" -- the strikes the Kremlin conducted in retaliation for the bombing of Crimeas Kerch bridge.

Ukrainian officials have urged local residents to resist attempts to relocate them, with one local official alleging that Moscow wanted to take civilians hostage and use them as human shields.

Move comes ahead of expected advance by Ukrainian troops to recapture the city

Kherson city has been taken over by Russia since February and has been illegally annexed last month

Russian-installed authorities in Ukraine told all residents of the city of Kherson to leave “immediately” Saturday.

Russian-installed authorities in Ukraine told all residents of the city of Kherson to leave “immediately” Saturday ahead of an expected advance by Ukrainian troops waging a counteroffensive to recapture one of the first urban areas Russia took after invading the country. In a...

Call comes as Ukrainian forces are expected to embark on a campaign to recapture the city in southern Ukraine.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky (pictured) said Russian troops planted explosives at the Nova Kakhovka dam at a massive reservoir in the south of country.

Kherson's Kremlin-backed authorities previously announced plans to evacuate all Russia-appointed officials and as many as 60,000 civilians.