00:00Well, aside from the general fighting on the front line, it seems from what we heard and what we deduced
00:07from where the sound seemed to be coming from,
00:09that there was also an attempt to strike the power station that is to the east of Kramatorsk around about
00:158 or 9 p.m. last night.
00:17Apparently unsuccessfully, because today we do have electricity.
00:21And so if they'd managed to cut the power, normally it would be several hours that they wouldn't be able
00:27to supply power to the city.
00:29We haven't had a power cut today in Kramatorsk.
00:33I do think most of these attacks overnight, well, we don't actually have that much detail coming from what the
00:38Ukrainians are saying and not from the energy company either,
00:40about whether there was damage to infrastructure in other regions.
00:43What we also constantly hear in Kramatorsk is the sound of the fighting on the front line.
00:49Today, the artillery and drones are particularly active because it's a very clear, sunny day,
00:55though that also makes it harder for Russian infantry to advance because they're more visible.
00:59So there are pluses and minuses to the evolution of the weather situation.
01:04But it's a little bit eerie.
01:05Here I am in this flat, which is very well soundproofed, and we only hear the loudest explosions.
01:11But when you step outside into the courtyard, you can hear them almost constantly, far away in the distance,
01:16but the sort of thud of fighting going on, very different from the last time I was here, which was
01:21in October.
01:22And I guess that's simply because the front line has moved closer.
01:26On Friday, Vladimir Zelensky said Ukraine was definitely not losing the war.
01:31Gulliver, I'm wondering how the people feel where you are, especially after witnessing these latest attacks.
01:37Well, most people don't say that they think Ukraine is losing the war, that's for sure.
01:42But there are people who stayed here in Kramatorsk and neighboring Slovyansk thinking that it would be OK here,
01:49determined not to leave their homes, who are now starting to leave.
01:53Yesterday, we were at the main transit center or reception point for people who've been evacuated from front line areas,
02:01whether they've been evacuated by volunteers who come and get them in minibuses or come under their own steam.
02:05There's a sort of reception point where they can register for different kinds of aid.
02:09Lots of Ukrainian and international NGOs are present, and really, they've got an impressive coordinated effort.
02:16What they told us is that they are seeing more and more people coming and more and more people coming
02:21from Kramatorsk and Slovyansk,
02:23cities that are that much further from the front line and that were until recently considered relatively safe.
02:28But what's happened now is that these cities have come within range of Russian first person view drones,
02:35these little drones that can and sometimes have, in some cases, just picked out random civilians on the streets.
02:41Certainly, we've seen that happening in the southern city of Kherson.
02:44And I think there's fear here that that could happen here, too.
02:48And it's prompting people who've been very keen not to leave to decide that actually they better had.
02:53Yeah, Gulliver, real quickly, in western Ukraine, in Lviv, there were several explosive devices that were reported to have been
03:00detonated around midnight.
03:01What more do we know about that?
03:03Yeah, this seems to have been a deliberate attack.
03:07And the authorities say that 25 people have been injured.
03:10As a result, it was in the city center, the historic center of Lviv, and one policeman killed.
03:17The local authorities in Lviv region say they've arrested somewhere in the region a suspect connected with this attack.
03:24We don't know much more about it now, except there have been similar instances
03:33where the Russians have, and sometimes just by proposing money and not explaining what the purpose of it is,
03:39recruited Ukrainian citizens to carry out these kinds of attacks.
03:41There is a precedent for it, but this might be the most serious one yet.
03:45All right, Gulliver. Thank you very much, Gulliver.
03:46Craig reporting from Kramatorsk.
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