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REPORTAGE. After Ukrainian battlefield victories, the Russian military targets civilian infrastructure in Kharkiv for revenge.
From our special envoy to Ukraine, Boris Mabillard
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Dn an opaque night and a little drizzle, a few shadows stand out against the light of a magnifying glass. Rare cars descend the boulevard, not a cat, at three o’clock from the curfew all the businesses, even the most essential, have closed in haste. As if, thanks to this blackout, the worst was to be feared. The power cut affects several regions, Kharkiv, Sumy, Poltava and even part of Dnipro were plunged into darkness after two Russian missiles hit and destroyed a transformer. “Our technicians are hard at work, explains Alexandre Skakoun, deputy governor of Kharkiv, and power should be restored overnight, at least for essential infrastructure such as hospitals. The Russians are routed, they take revenge on the…
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