‘Imagine if just one dam is hit’: Russian-Ukrainian energy war heats up
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‘Imagine if just one dam is hit’: Russian-Ukrainian energy war heats up

Al Jazeera  

Moscow is targeting Ukraine’s energy hubs with intensity after a string of successful Ukrainian attacks inside Russia. Friday’s attacks with about 60 drones and 90 missiles killed at least two people, wounded scores, struck Ukraine’s largest dam and severed the power supply to the Russia-occupied Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant, officials said. Energoatom, Ukraine’s main nuclear agency, said the Zaporizhzhia plant was “on the verge of blackout” because the strike knocked offline the main power line. Friday’s attack was the second in two days – a change of tactics as Moscow “is looking for maximally effective ways to reach its goals,” defence spokeswoman Natalya Humenyuk said. “This could be seen as a new operation that is going to become a prelude to Russia’s summer offensive,” Kyiv-based analyst Aleksey Kushch told Al Jazeera.

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