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October 27, 2022

Russian Attacks Further Degrade Ukraine Power Grid; 70,000 Evacuate Russian-Held Region
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Ukraine's government says it has discovered the bodies of nearly a
thousand civilians and soldiers buried in territories recaptured from
Russia by a Ukrainian counteroffensive. About half of the bodies were
discovered in a mass grave in Izium in Ukraine's northeastern Kharkiv
region.

Overnight, Russia's military carried out fresh attacks on power plants,
this time in central Ukraine. In southern Ukraine, officials in the
Russian-occupied Kherson region say more than 70,000 people have
evacuated their homes ahead of a looming battle for control over Kherson
city.

Meanwhile Ukraine has deployed more of its forces near its border with
Belarus, a key Russian ally.


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