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Russian<\/a> forces over the weekend launched a barrage of missiles and drones across Ukraine that has significantly damaged energy infrastructure in five regions, according to Ukrainian officials.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The operator of Ukraine’s National grid, Ukrenergo said on Sunday morning that the attacks struck facilities in the eastern Donetsk, southeastern Zaporizhia and Dnipropetrovsk regions, as well as the Kirovohrad and Ivano-Frankivsk region in the centre and west of the country, respectively.<\/p>\n

\u201cToday morning the Russians launched another strike on Ukrainian energy facilities. Since March it is already the sixth massive, complex, missile and drone attack against the civilian energy infrastructure,\u201d<\/em> Ukrenergo said.<\/p>\n

The air force commander disclosed that Ukrainian air defence shot down 35 of 53 Russian missiles and 46 of 47 Russian drones.<\/p>\n

Africa Today News, New York reports that the defence ministry of Russia, which launched a full-scale invasion of neighbouring Ukraine in February 2022, said later on Saturday that it’s forced that Russia had launched retaliatory strikes with high-precision weapons on Ukraine\u2019s energy facilities operating for its military-industrial complex, as well as depots with weapons supplied from Western countries.<\/p>\n

Since March, Russia has\u00a0stepped up\u00a0its bombardments of the Ukrainian power infrastructure, knocking out the bulk of the thermal and hydropower generation, causing blackouts, and pushing electricity imports to record highs.<\/p>\n

Read Also: <\/strong>Russian Bombers Target Kharkiv Shopping Center, Two Dead<\/a><\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

DTEK, Ukraine\u2019s largest private energy-generating company, said its two thermal power plants had been hit and equipment \u201cseriously damaged\u201d.<\/p>\n

Regional officials reported that firefighters were extinguishing fires on several sites following the strikes. There were no immediate reports of casualties.<\/p>\n

The latest missile and drone assault came a day after the US\u00a0announced\u00a0the easing of a ban on Ukraine using its weapons inside Russian territory to help the country defend its northeastern Kharkiv region from attacks.<\/p>\n

The move came as France and other European countries also indicated that Ukraine would be allowed to use their weapons on\u00a0military targets inside Russia.<\/p>\n

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has been urging his country\u2019s allies to allow it to use their longer-range weaponry to hit targets on Russian soil amid a surge in attacks this month, particularly on Kharkiv.<\/p>\n

Africa Today News, New York<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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