Ukraine news LATEST — Putin’s forces strike city housing nuclear plant as Kyiv says up to 13,000 soldiers killed in war

RUSSIA has attacked critical infrastructure in a city housing Europe’s biggest nuclear plant overnight as part of Putin’s sick energy war. Vladimir Putin’s forces reportedly struck the southeastern Ukrainian city of Zaporizhzhia overnight, which houses the sprawling power plant currently controlled by Russia. Zaporizhzhia mayor Anatoly Kurtev announced the attack on Telegram early this morning, saying: “As a result of the enemy attack, the building of the infrastructure object is on fire. The blast wave blew out windows in nearby houses.” Meanwhile, an advisor to president Volodymyr Zelensky has said between 10,000 and 13,000 Ukrainian soldiers have been killed in the Ukraine war. But in comparison, the MoD yesterday said Russian losses are nearing 90,000 in just ten months, according to the Ukrainian Ministry of Defence. As of December 1, 2022, Putin’s army has seen 89,440, with over 500 coming in the last 24 hours. Read our Ukraine-Russia live blog below for the latest news…