With temperatures falling and Kyiv seeing its first snow, officials work to restore power nationwide after some of the heaviest bombardment of Ukrainian civilian infrastructure in nine months of war.
"After a trip to the … Kherson region, one thing became clear — our people there need a lot of help. The Russians not only killed and mined but also robbed all the cities and villages. There is practically nothing there," Kyrylo Tymoshenko said on the Telegram messaging app.
Investigators in liberated areas of Kherson region have uncovered 63 bodies bearing signs of torture after the Russian forces left, Ukraine's interior minister was quoted as saying. Separately, Yale University researchers concluded in a report backed by the US State Department that hundreds of people were detained or went missing in Kherson while it was under Russian control, and dozens may have been tortured.
Russia, for its part, accused Ukraine of executing more than 10 Russian prisoners of war with direct shots to the head. Reuters was unable to immediately verify the defence ministry's statement. There was no immediate response from Kyiv.
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