The regional governor of Zaporizhzhia said Russian missiles had hit a maternity hospital killing a baby.Moscow is pressing an offensive close to the city of Donetsk, held by Russian-backed separatists since 2014. Fierce fighting continues in the east, where Russia has sent some of the forces diverted from around the city of Kherson in the south.However, the UN atomic watchdog said that after visiting the site, there were no immediate nuclear safety or security concerns there. No substantive progress had been made towards creating a security zone around the Russian-held Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in southern Ukraine, the Kremlin said.The damage done to Ukraine's power-generating facilities has been "colossal", according to the head of the country's national power grid operator, but he dismissed the need to evacuate civilians.Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has pledged to set up new "invincibility centers" - free 24-hour shelters with heat, water, internet, and pharmacy service - encouraging citizens to conserve energy as a harsh winter looms as Russian missile strikes continue to severely disrupt its energy grid.
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