Ukraine puts ‘move’ on locals Fear Russia’s ‘lying’ in wait

Ukrainian authorities urged residents of recently liberated regions in the south to move to safer parts of the country, fearing that a lack of heat, power and water caused by incessant Russian shelling will make living conditions intolerable this winter.

Ukrainian Deputy Prime

Minister Iryna Vereshchuk said Monday that the government will provide transportation, accommodations and medical care for civilians living in badly battered Kherson and Mykolaiv.

Other officials have suggested that residents in Kyiv or elsewhere who are able should leave Ukraine for a few months to save power for hospitals and other key facilities.

Russia has been pounding Ukraine’s power grid and other infrastructure from the air for weeks, causing widespread blackouts and leaving millions of Ukrainians without electricity, heat and water. Snejana Farberov

Russia is planning a series of “false-flag” attacks in Belarus, targeting a nuclear power plant and other key infrastructure sites to drag the country into war, according to Ukrainian intelligence.

The Kremlin used neighboring Belarus as a staging ground for its invasion of

Ukraine, but Minsk’s military forces have not taken an active part in the fighting. However, concerns persist that Belarus might be talked into sending troops into Ukraine to bolster Moscow’s battered forces.

Ukraine’s Main Military Intelligence Directorate (GUR) claimed Sunday that

Russian special forces were planning to carry out “terrorist acts” at Belarusian “critical infrastructure facilities,” including the Ostrovets nuclear power plant — and then blame the attacks on citizens of NATO countries and Ukraine.