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Ukraine’s military late on Monday accused<\/a> Russian troops of looting and occupying civilian homes ahead of what’s expected to be a crucial battle for the southern city of Kherson.<\/p>\n

\"Russian servicemen do not stop looting and robbing the local population and infrastructure facilities,\" it said, claiming that they forcibly move equipment, food and vehicles in addition to local residents to Russian territory.<\/span><\/p>\n

Moscow-installed occupational forces \"artificially create unacceptable living conditions for local residents\" with electricity and communication cuts, the Ukrainian military said in a social media update.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Russian forces have for weeks organized a civilian pull-out from the Kherson region as Ukrainian troops advance, which Kyiv has called \"deportations.\"<\/span><\/p>\n

Occupational forces have vowed to turn Kherson into a \"fortress\" in anticipation of Ukraine's counteroffensive in the south.<\/span><\/p>\n

Russia has imposed martial law and curtailed communications across Kherson and three other Ukrainian regions it proclaimed as its own but does not fully control.<\/p>\n

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Around 50,000 newly mobilized Russian reservists are already seeing combat in Ukraine, Russian President Vladimir Putin said<\/a> late Monday.<\/p>\n

The troops, which amount to 30 battalion tactical groups, can be expected to slow down Ukraine’s counteroffensive to recapture southern and eastern territories, according to Russian military experts.<\/p>\n

“Having more people in the trenches slows down the advance,” expert Sergei Grabsky told<\/a> independent news website The Insider. “They’re being mowed down but there are simply too many of them.”<\/p>\n

Putin said 80,000 recruits were in the “zone of the special military operation,” while the rest of the nearly 320,000 draftees were scattered across Russian training camps.<\/p>"}]},{"id":1732,"time":"2022-11-08T07:42:55+03:00","body":[{"type":"html","body":"

North Korea said Tuesday that claims by the United States that Pyongyang is supplying artillery ammunition to Moscow for its war in Ukraine were groundless, state media KCNA reported. <\/p>\n

\"Recently, the U.S. is persistently spreading a groundless 'rumor of arms dealings' between the DPRK and Russia,\" North Korea's vice director of military foreign affairs of the Ministry of National Defense said in a statement, according to KCNA.<\/p>\n

\"We once again make clear that we have never had 'arms dealings' with Russia and that we have no plan to do so in the future,\" the statement added.<\/p>\n

Tuesday's statement refuted allegations last week by White House national security spokesman John Kirby, who said the artillery from North Korea to Russia was coming under cover of shipments to the Middle East or Africa. <\/p>\n

Kirby had said US officials did not know whether Russia has actually received the ammunition, but were trying to monitor the shipments.<\/p>\n

The rebuke comes amid heightened tensions on the Korean peninsula after a spate of North Korean weapons tests last week — including an intercontinental ballistic missile — as the United States and South Korea conducted their biggest ever air force exercise.<\/p>\n

The United States and South Korea have warned that the North's repeated recent missile launches could culminate in a nuclear test.<\/p>"}]},{"id":1733,"time":"2022-11-08T09:39:36+03:00","body":[{"type":"html","body":"

The White House has said U.S. support for Ukraine's war effort will be \"unwavering\" even if Republicans, who have expressed concerns about the level of spending, win midterm elections.<\/p>\n

\"We are confident the United States' support will be unflinching and will be unwavering,\" Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre told reporters.<\/p>\n

She said President Joe Biden is \"committed to work in a bipartisan fashion, as he has been doing, to support Ukraine.\"<\/p>\n

Kevin McCarthy, who stands to become House of Representatives speaker if the Republicans take control of the chamber, recently warned there would be no \"blank check\" for Ukraine if his party is in charge.<\/p>\n

Ukraine's fight against Russia's invasion enjoys backing from much of the Republican base although hard-right lawmakers close to former president Donald Trump have voiced criticism.<\/p>"}]},{"id":1734,"time":"2022-11-08T09:41:38+03:00","body":[{"type":"image","image":{"src":"https:\/\/static.themoscowtimes.com\/image\/article_960\/17\/000_32MQ7CY-2-3.jpg","caption":"","credits":""}},{"type":"html","body":"

An elderly woman walks in the Kherson region village of Arkhanhelske, which was formerly occupied by Russian forces.<\/p>\n

Photo credit: Bulent Kilic \/ AFP<\/p>"}]},{"id":1735,"time":"2022-11-08T11:52:19+03:00","body":[{"type":"html","body":"

Energy restrictions continue in Ukraine's capital Kyiv due to repeated Russian strikes on Ukrainian energy infrastructure in recent weeks, plunging the city's 3 million people into darkness every night.<\/p>\n

Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko has warned of a possible total blackout in the capital.<\/p>\n

\"The situation in the power system is tense. We ask all residents of the region to support energy workers in the struggle on the energy front. To do this, use electricity sparingly,\" city authorities said in a statement.<\/p>"},{"type":"embed","embed":"

People are waiting for the electricity to turn on in the car during the blackout. They live on the 25th floor. It is about +3C outside. Kyiv, 2022. pic.twitter.com\/ncNhQpVrvk<\/a><\/p>— katerina sergatskova (@KSergatskova) November 7, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote>