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Kiev, Ukraine — Russia launched a barrage of missiles towards Ukraine in a single day, in assaults that appeared to focus on the nation’s vitality infrastructure. In the meantime, Russia mentioned its air protection techniques had intercepted greater than 60 Ukrainian drones over the southern Krasnodar area.
The Ukrainian Air Drive mentioned on Saturday that Russia had launched 34 missiles towards Ukraine in a single day, 21 of which have been shot down by Ukrainian air defenses.
In a message on Telegram, Power Minister Herman Halushchenko mentioned vitality amenities in Dnipropetrovsk within the south of the nation and Ivano-Frankivsk and Lviv within the west had been attacked and an engineer had been injured.
Non-public vitality firm DTEK mentioned 4 of its thermal energy stations have been broken and there have been “casualties”, with out giving particulars.
Earlier this month, Russia destroyed one in every of Ukraine’s largest energy vegetation and broken others in a large missile and drone assault because it renewed efforts to focus on Ukraine’s vitality amenities.
Ukraine has referred to as on its Western allies for extra air protection techniques to fend off such assaults. At a gathering of the Ukraine Protection Contact Group on Friday, US Secretary of Protection Lloyd Austin introduced that the US will present Ukraine with further ammunition and tools for its air protection launchers.
Additional east, a psychiatric hospital was broken and one individual injured after Russia launched a missile assault on Ukraine’s second-largest metropolis, Kharkiv, in a single day. Images from the scene confirmed an enormous crater on the ability’s grounds and sufferers taking refuge in hallways. Regional Governor Oleh Syniehubov mentioned a 53-year-old girl was injured.
Additionally within the Kharkiv area, a person was killed in a nighttime assault on town of Vovchansk, in response to the Ukrainian State Emergency Service.
In Russia, the Protection Ministry mentioned Russian air protection techniques had intercepted 66 drones over the southern area of Krasnodar. One other two drones have been shot down over the Moscow-annexed Crimean peninsula.
Krasnodar Area Governor Veniamin Kondratyev mentioned Ukrainian forces focused an oil refinery and infrastructure amenities, however there have been no casualties or severe harm. The regional division of the Ministry of Emergency Conditions reported {that a} fireplace broke out on the Slavyansk oil refinery in Slavyansk-on-Kuban throughout the assault.
Ukrainian officers usually refuse to touch upon assaults on Russian territory, however Ukraine’s Power Ministry mentioned on Saturday that two oil refineries within the Krasnodar area had been hit by drones.
5 individuals have been injured in a drone strike in a border village in Russia’s Belgorod area, regional governor Vyacheslav Gladkov mentioned.
Russia renews assaults on Ukraine’s vitality sector
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