Russia fires more than 40 missiles and 40 drones at Ukraine’s energy infrastructure

Russia fired more than 40 missiles and 40 drones against Ukraine this Thursday morning, targeting “essential infrastructure”, denounced Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.

“Overnight, Russia fired more than 40 missiles and 40 drones at Ukraine“, stated the president on the social network X.

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“Some missiles and drones Shahid They were successfully shot down. Unfortunately, only a part of them,” he said. Zelenskyadding that the Russians “again attacked essential infrastructure.”

According to him Ukrainian presidentvisiting Lithuania this Thursday, Infrastructures were attacked in Kiev, in Zaporizhzhia and Odessa, in the south, in Lviv (west) and near the border with Poland.

Russia used Iranian-made Shahed cruise missiles and drones in its “massive attack”according to the daily report of the Ukrainian General Staff published on Facebook. Ukraine was able to destroy 37 of 40 drones launched by Russian forces, the military said.

“The enemy has attacked our energy infrastructure again”said Ukrainian Energy Minister Guerman Galushchenko on the Telegram network.

The attacks targeted “production facilities and transmission systems” in the regions of Kiev, Kharkiv (northeast), Zaporizhzhia and Lviv. the minister specified.

Two thermal power plants belonging to Ukrainian energy operator DTEK were also attackedindicated the company on Telegram, without specifying the location.

The Minister of the Interior, Igor Klimenko, noted in turn that hundreds of workers were working across the country after “massive bombings”, which lasted “several hours”.

According to him, Moscow fired more than ten missiles at Kharkivwhich left a part of the city without electricity.

“Fortunately, and according to operational data, today’s attack did not cause any deaths or injuries,” he said.

From Lithuania, where he arrived this Thursday, Zelensky He again called on his partners to contribute to strengthening Ukrainian anti-aircraft defense and “consolidate international support [a Kiev] to defeat Russian terror.”

The Ukrainian President was received in the capital Vilnius by his Lithuanian counterpart Gitanas Nauseda, and then participated in a meeting of the so-called Three Seas initiative, which brings together 13 EU member states located between the Baltic, the Adriatic and the Black Sea.

Zelensky He said he expected the signing of a new bilateral security agreement during his visit to Lithuania.

Source: Elcomercio

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