Russia bombs Ukrainian electrical installations and suffers attacks on its refineries

Russia launched a “massive” missile attack on energy facilities on Saturday morning, causing “serious damage” to four thermal power plants in three regions of the country. Ukrainewho attacked two Russian oil refineries with drones.

The Russian army intensified its attacks against Ukrainian electrical grid in recent months, which has caused blackouts and forced security authorities to Ukraine ask residents to limit their energy consumption.

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According to the authorities of Moscow, Ukraine fired more than 60 drones against the south of Russiain one of its biggest night attacks with these unmanned devices.

The Russian Defense Ministry stated that its anti-aircraft defenses “they destroyed 66 Ukrainian drones over the territory of the region of Krasnodarand two other drones were destroyed on the peninsula of Crimea”.

Kiev said it attacked two Russian oil refineries and a military air base.

Ukraine bombing “essential technological facilities” in two refineries in the region of Krasnodara Ukrainian defense source told AFP.

Russian authorities reported a fire at a refinery in Slaviansk and state media claimed the factory had to halt production.

In the Russian region of Belgorod, on the border Ukraine and a regular target of attacks, five people were injured when a Ukrainian drone crashed on a road in a town located a few kilometers from Ukrainethe governor announced Vyacheslav Gladkov.

In recent months, Ukraine has repeatedly attacked refineries and oil depots in Russia. According to Moscow, Russian bombings against the Ukrainian electricity grid are in retaliation for these attacks.

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– Electrical and railway infrastructures –

In its morning report, the Ukrainian military stated that “Russian armed forces have launched another massive missile attack against Ukraine.”

“Energy infrastructures” were bombed “in the regions of Dnipropetrovsk, Ivano-Frankivsk and Lviv”Energy Minister German Galushchenko declared on Facebook.

The regions of Lviv and Ivano-Frankivsk are in the west of Ukraineon the border with European Union and hundreds of kilometers from the front line.

According to the Ukrainian Air Force, Russia fired 34 missiles, 21 of which were shot down.

Bombings against a village near the border with Russia, in the northeast region of Kharkiv one person died, according to Ukrainian emergency services.

Ukrainian national police said one person was also killed and eight were injured in shelling in the southern region of Khersonin the south.

Two people were injured in the center of the country, reported in Telegram the local manager Oleksandr Vilkul.

Kiev says Moscow is stepping up its air and ground attacks ahead of national commemorations on May 9, when Russia celebrates victory in World War Two, and at a time when Ukraine awaits the arrival of crucial American weapons.

Russia has also intensified bombing of the Ukrainian rail network to “paralyze“the shipment of Western equipment, a senior Iraqi security service official told AFP on Friday. Ukraine.

The Russian army on Friday claimed responsibility for the bomb attack on a convoy carrying Western weapons in the city of Udachnein the Donetsk region.

After Saturday’s attacks, electricity operator DTEK stated that four of its thermoelectric plants registered “serious damage”.

The head of the western region of Lviv, Maksim Kozitskiasked residents not to use high energy consumption devices between 7pm and 10pm to preserve electricity supply.

“It is difficult for the energy system to maintain a balance between production and consumption”he claimed Kozitski in a message on Telegram.

Source: Elcomercio

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