Russian forces continue to attack Ukraine's energy facilities with missiles and drones.

Ukraine's Energy Minister Herman Halushchenko told Reuters in an interview on Friday that Russian forces had struck 30 to 40 percent of Ukraine's power infrastructure. He also said at least half of the thermal power generation capacity in his country had been lost.

Halushchenko said rebuilding the damaged infrastructure would take months.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has been calling on people to save energy. In a video released on Friday, Zelenskyy said although a fierce battle continues in southern and eastern Ukraine, their forces are taking the initiative.
Analysts at the Washington-based Institute for the Study of War say Russian forces seem to have started to withdraw from the western part of the Kherson region.

Ukrainian forces said on social media on Friday that Russian forces started moving units from areas around Kherson City to the other side of the Dnipro River.

Ukrainian forces are believed to be increasing their counteroffensive to win back the region.