Russia attacks Ukrainian electrical infrastructure with drones and missiles

Ukraine indicated this Friday that the forces Russian They damaged three thermal power plants by firing 99 drones and missiles at their territory, 84 of which were shot down.

On the other hand, a drone strike killed a civilian and injured a man in Myrivskaa city in the region of Dnipropetrovskin southern Ukraine, indicated the governor Sergui Lyssak.

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In recent weeks, Moscow intensified its attacks against Ukraine and, in particular, energy infrastructures, in response to Kiev’s attacks on Russia’s border regions.

In its daily report, the Russian army confirmed that it attacked the energy infrastructure overnight, and also “anti-aircraft defenses”Ukrainians with missiles, mainly hypersonic, and drones.

In total, ten Ukrainian regions were targeted and six people, including a child, were injured in these attacks, the Ukrainian Interior Ministry said.

For his part, the Ukrainian Energy Minister, German Galushchenko, had reported a “massive attack” against energy production sites in the regions of Dnipropetrovsk, Poltava and Cherkasy.

The national operator Ukrenergo He said he had to cut “until the evening” electricity in three regions due to “lack of production capacity” of electricity after Russia’s “massive attack”. Meanwhile, energy supplier DTEK said three thermal plants suffered damage.

Ukrainian forces stated this Friday that “84 aerial targets” were destroyed, including 26 missiles and 58 Iranian-made Shahed drones.

Ukraine demands that its Western allies send it more aid more quickly, but political dissension, both in the United States and in HUHmade it difficult to deliver weapons and funds in recent months.

And across the border, in Belgorod, in the east of RussiaA Ukrainian drone caused one death and two injuries in a residential building, the region’s governor announced, Vyacheslav Gladkovin Telegram.

More than two years after beginning its offensive in Ukraineat the end of February 2022, Russia announced that on Monday it will begin its spring military recruitment campaign, which will affect tens of thousands of citizens between the ages of 18 and 30.

However, the army assured that the new recruits They will not be sent to Ukraine.

This type of campaign is organized twice a year and many russians They fear a new mobilization.

Source: Elcomercio

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