Explosions rock Kyiv after months of calm, while Lviv and other Ukrainian cities also hit
2 years, 2 months ago

Explosions rock Kyiv after months of calm, while Lviv and other Ukrainian cities also hit

ABC  

At least 11 people are dead and 64 are injured after Russia pounded cities across Ukraine in what President Vladimir Putin says was retaliation for a blast on Russia's bridge to Crimea. Key points: At least 11 people have been killed in a wave of Russian strikes across Ukraine Vladimir Putin pledged a "harsh response" from Moscow after an attack that damaged the bridge connecting Russia to Crimea Recent fighting has focused on regions near Crimea, including Zaporizhzhia, where six missiles were launched by Russian forces on Saturday Ukraine has been warned more air strikes could follow Monday morning's attack with Russia's former president Dmitry Medvedev posting to social media that "there will be others". Moscow responding to Ukrainian attacks, Putin says On Monday, Mr Putin said that Ukraine had carried out "terrorist acts" against Russia and pledged a "harsh response" in response to the attack that damaged the huge bridge connecting Russia to its annexed territory of Crimea. "President Biden pledged to continue providing Ukraine with the support needed to defend itself, including advanced air defense systems," a White House statement on the phone call said. On Sunday, Mr Putin called the attack that damaged the huge bridge connecting Russia to its annexed territory of Crimea "a terrorist act", masterminded by Ukraine's special services.

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Russia launches massive attack on Ukraine’s energy sector, minister says
1 week, 4 days ago

Russia launches massive attack on Ukraine’s energy sector, minister says

CNN  

Kyiv, Ukraine CNN — Russia launched a widespread attack on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure overnight, forcing the country to implement emergency power outages, Ukrainian authorities said on Friday. “The losses of the Russian occupiers in the Pokrovsk direction are consistently high, especially in manpower,” Ukraine’s commander-in-chief Oleksandr Syrskyi said Friday. He also acknowledged that “for several months now, the Pokrovsk direction …

Ukraine-Russia war latest: Russian strikes kill 12 as Kyiv unveils new long-range ‘rocket-drone’
2 weeks, 2 days ago

Ukraine-Russia war latest: Russian strikes kill 12 as Kyiv unveils new long-range ‘rocket-drone’

The Independent  

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Ukraine-Russia war latest: Russian strikes kill 12 as Kyiv unveils new long-range ‘rocket-drone’
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2 weeks, 2 days ago

Ukraine-Russia war latest: Russian strikes kill 12 as Kyiv unveils new long-range ‘rocket-drone’

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Massive Russian strike on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure leaves over a million without power
3 weeks, 5 days ago

Massive Russian strike on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure leaves over a million without power

Firstpost  

Russia’s overnight strikes on energy infrastructure impacted Kyiv, Odesa, Dnipropetrovsk and Donetsk regions, according to Ukraine’s top private power company DTEK A window is illuminated in a residential building during a power outage after a morning Russian missile strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine November 21, 2024. Reuters Over a million people were reported without power across …

A ‘massive’ Russian missile and drone attack targets Ukraine’s energy infrastructure
Top News
3 weeks, 5 days ago

A ‘massive’ Russian missile and drone attack targets Ukraine’s energy infrastructure

Associated Press  

KYIV, Ukraine — Russia conducted a “massive” missile and drone attack against Ukraine’s energy infrastructure on Thursday, officials said, adding to fears that the Kremlin aims to cripple the country’s power generation capacity before winter. Ukrainian officials have in the past accused Russia of “weaponizing winter.” Around half of Ukraine’s energy infrastructure has been destroyed during the almost three years …

Massive Russian Air Attack Pounds Ukraine As 1,000th Day of War Nears
1 month ago

Massive Russian Air Attack Pounds Ukraine As 1,000th Day of War Nears

Deccan Chronicle  

Kyiv, Ukraine: Russia pounded Ukraine on Sunday with a massive attack that killed 11 civilians across several regions and damaged the country's already fragile energy grid, as the world prepared to mark 1,000 days since Moscow's invasion. The giant attack Sunday came two days after German Chancellor Olaf Scholz called Russian President Vladimir Putin for the first time in almost …

Russia hits power grid with one of its largest-ever attacks on Ukraine, foreign minister says
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1 month, 1 week ago

Russia hits power grid with one of its largest-ever attacks on Ukraine, foreign minister says

CNN  

CNN — Russia has launched one of the largest aerial attacks on Ukraine, Ukraine’s foreign minister said, hitting energy infrastructure across the country, killing at least two people, and causing widespread damage. We need peace through strength, not appeasement,” Foreign Minister Andrii Sibyha wrote on X. Sibyha was likely referencing Russian leader Vladimir Putin’s recent phone call with German Chancellor …

Massive Russian strikes across Ukraine trigger blackouts and kill at least five people
1 month, 1 week ago

Massive Russian strikes across Ukraine trigger blackouts and kill at least five people

CNN  

CNN — Russia launched its largest aerial attack on Ukraine in months, hitting energy infrastructure across the country, killing at least five people and causing widespread damage. undefinedSvitlana Vlasova/CNN Ukrainian energy company DTEK said its thermal power plants were attacked and equipment was “severely damaged.” The war - now nearing its third year - has reached a critical point for …

Russia launches massive attack on Ukraine's energy infrastructure, Zelenskyy says
Top News
1 month, 1 week ago

Russia launches massive attack on Ukraine's energy infrastructure, Zelenskyy says

NPR  

Russia launches massive attack on Ukraine's energy infrastructure, Zelenskyy says toggle caption Denes Erdos/AP KYIV, Ukraine — Russia on Sunday launched a massive drone and missile attack on Ukraine, described by officials as the largest over the past months, targeting energy infrastructure and killing civilians. Ukraie's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that Russia had launched a total of 120 missiles and …

Russia launches ‘massive’ attack on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure
Top News
1 month, 1 week ago

Russia launches ‘massive’ attack on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure

Al Jazeera  

Explosions heard across Ukraine, including Kyiv and Odesa, as Russia advances at its fastest rate since the early days of the nearly three-year war. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Sunday said Russian forces launched about 120 missiles and 90 drones in a “massive” combined air attack – one of the largest barrages of the near-three-year war. A Russian drone attack …

Russia Ukraine war: 210 Russian missiles, drones hit Ukraine's power grid in one of largest strikes
1 month, 1 week ago

Russia Ukraine war: 210 Russian missiles, drones hit Ukraine's power grid in one of largest strikes

India Today  

Blasts rang out across Ukraine's capital Kyiv and other cities early on Sunday, as Russia staged its biggest missile attack since August and targeted power facilities with the winter setting in, according to officials. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Russia launched around 120 missiles and 90 drones in a "massive" combined air strike on Ukraine's energy infrastructure. "Russia launched one …

AP PHOTOS: 1,000 days of war in Ukraine captured in images
1 month, 1 week ago

AP PHOTOS: 1,000 days of war in Ukraine captured in images

Associated Press  

A thousand days of war in Ukraine have been captured in stunning images, many of them horrifying, some of them poignant, others uplifting. Share Share Copy Link copied Email Facebook X Reddit LinkedIn Pinterest Flipboard Print People take shelter underground following explosions in Lviv, western Ukraine, Saturday, March 26, 2022. Share Share Copy Link copied Email Facebook X Reddit LinkedIn …

Russia blasts Ukraine with more aerial attacks as part of an intensified campaign
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Russia blasts Ukraine with more aerial attacks as part of an intensified campaign

Associated Press  

KYIV, Ukraine — Russian missiles, bombs and drones battered three regions of Ukraine in targeted nighttime attacks, officials said Friday, as Russia mounts an intensified aerial campaign that Ukrainian officials say they need more Western help to counter — even as doubts deepen over what Kyiv can expect from a new U.S. administration. Since the war began almost three years …

Russian bomb hits residential building in Ukraine's 2nd largest city, killing 12-year-old boy
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Russian bomb hits residential building in Ukraine's 2nd largest city, killing 12-year-old boy

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Russian forces struck a residential …

Volodymyr Zelenskyy warns of 'nuclear disaster' under Russian plans to strike Ukraine's power plants
2 months, 4 weeks ago

Volodymyr Zelenskyy warns of 'nuclear disaster' under Russian plans to strike Ukraine's power plants

ABC  

Russia's plans to "torment millions of Ukrainians" by destroying the country's power infrastructure threatens to cause a nuclear catastrophe that could reach beyond Ukraine's borders, Volodymyr Zelenskyy has warned the UN. Just hours after Mr Zelenskyy's speech, Russian President Vladimir Putin said Russia was updating its "nuclear doctrine" – effectively rewriting the rules for its own weapons. "If, God forbid, …

Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 933
3 months, 1 week ago

Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 933

Al Jazeera  

Here is the situation on Sunday, September 15, 2024. Russia’s Ministry of Defence said its air defence units destroyed 29 drones Ukraine launched overnight targeting seven Russian regions, including Bryansk, Smolensk, Oryol, Belgorod, Kaluga and Rostov. Admiral Rob Bauer, who serves as the principal adviser to NATO’s secretary-general, said Ukraine would have a good military reason to strike deeper into …

Deadly strike hits Ukraine's Lviv as Moscow advances in east
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Deadly strike hits Ukraine's Lviv as Moscow advances in east

The Hindu  

A Russian strike on west Ukraine’s Lviv, hundreds of kilometres from the front, killed seven persons on Wednesday, authorities said as Moscow claimed advances in the war-torn nation’s east. The missile attack also wounded 40 people, damaging schools and medical facilities as well as buildings in Lviv’s historic centre, according to the office of Ukraine’s prosecutor general. At least seven …

Zelensky says strike on central Ukraine city kills 41, wounds 180
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Zelensky says strike on central Ukraine city kills 41, wounds 180

New Indian Express  

KYIV: President Volodymyr Zelensky said dozens of people were killed in a Russian attack Tuesday on the central Ukrainian city of Poltava, which hit a military educational facility. Two Russian ballistic missiles hit a hospital and an educational institution, partially destroying one of the institute's buildings, Ukraine's defence ministry said. "The time interval between the alarm and the arrival of …

Russia strikes residential building, playground in Ukraine's Kharkiv, 7 dead
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Russia strikes residential building, playground in Ukraine's Kharkiv, 7 dead

India Today  

A Russian guided bomb attack on Ukraine's northeastern city of Kharkiv hit a residential building and a playground on Friday, killing seven people and injuring at least 77 more, local authorities said. Kharkiv has been the focus of heavy Russian bombing throughout the war, although there has been a drop in intensity in recent weeks, possibly related to a shock …

Ukrainian drones strike Russian fuel depots
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Ukrainian drones strike Russian fuel depots

The Hindu  

Ukrainian drones struck two fuel depots in Russia, sparking fires, officials said Wednesday the latest of Kyiv’s repeated hits against Russian oil and gas facilities since Moscow’s full-scale offensive into Ukraine. A drone attack caused a “fire in a fuel depot” in southwest Russia’s Rostov region, Rostov Governor Vasily Golubev wrote on Telegram. After a separate drone attack, a large …

Missile barrage on Ukraine prompts calls to lift curbs on striking inside Russia
3 months, 4 weeks ago

Missile barrage on Ukraine prompts calls to lift curbs on striking inside Russia

Live Mint  

Russia struck sites across Ukraine with one of its largest missile attacks of the war, inflicting damage to the country’s already-strained energy infrastructure and prompting calls from Kyiv for Western allies to help Ukraine strike back. On Monday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky called for Kyiv’s allies to lift restrictions on the use of long-range Western-made weapons, such as the U.S.’s …

Russia claims major attack on Ukraine: ‘Electricity supply, rail network struck’ | Top updates
3 months, 4 weeks ago

Russia claims major attack on Ukraine: ‘Electricity supply, rail network struck’ | Top updates

Hindustan Times  

Russia launched a massive strike on Ukraine on Monday, targeting the electricity supply and disrupting the rail transport of arms and ammunition to the front lines, Kremlin claimed. Russia-Ukraine war escalates | Latest Updates • Russia's defence ministry stated that missiles were fired from the air and sea, hitting electricity substations in nine Ukrainian regions and gas compressor stations in …

Ukraine’s president says Russian overnight attack involved over 100 missiles and about 100 drones, at least three killed
3 months, 4 weeks ago

Ukraine’s president says Russian overnight attack involved over 100 missiles and about 100 drones, at least three killed

The Hindu  

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Monday condemned Russia’s overnight and early morning barrage on his country as “vile” and said it involved over 100 missiles of various types and about 100 “Shahed” drones. Russian forces fired drones, cruise missiles and hypersonic ballistic Kinzhal missiles at 15 Ukrainian regions — more than half the country, Ukraine’s Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal said …

Russia targets cities and infrastructure in largest air attack since war began, Ukraine says
3 months, 4 weeks ago

Russia targets cities and infrastructure in largest air attack since war began, Ukraine says

CNN  

Kyiv, Ukraine CNN — Russia launched a “massive” missile and drone attack aimed at energy infrastructure across Ukraine at the start of the week, marking the biggest air assault since the war began, Ukrainian officials said. Kyiv also reported that former Wagner mercenaries were among the troops at the border and urged Minsk “not to make tragic mistakes for their …

Dozens injured in overnight Russian attacks on Ukraine as Moscow claims five dead in Kyiv offensive
3 months, 4 weeks ago

Dozens injured in overnight Russian attacks on Ukraine as Moscow claims five dead in Kyiv offensive

The Independent  

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India Conveys Displeasure To Ukraine Over Prez Zelenskyy's Remarks On PM Modi's Moscow Visit: Report
5 months, 1 week ago

India Conveys Displeasure To Ukraine Over Prez Zelenskyy's Remarks On PM Modi's Moscow Visit: Report

ABP News  

New Delhi: Days after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy criticised Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to Moscow, India has conveyed to Kyiv its displeasure over the remarks, diplomatic sources said on Monday. Last Tuesday, the Ukrainian president described Modi's visit to Moscow as a "huge" disappointment and a "devastating blow" to peace efforts. "It is a huge disappointment and a devastating …

‘Heart is pierced’: Modi flags missile strike on Kyiv's children's hospital at meeting with President Putin
5 months, 2 weeks ago

‘Heart is pierced’: Modi flags missile strike on Kyiv's children's hospital at meeting with President Putin

Hindustan Times  

NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday raised Russia’s missile strike on a children’s hospital in Ukraine with President Vladimir Putin and again nudged him to return to the path of dialogue and diplomacy, saying no solution can be found on the battlefield. Russia's President Vladimir Putin shakes hands with Prime Minister Narendra Modi during a meeting at the …

A major Russian missile attack on Ukraine kills at least 20 people and hits a children’s hospital
5 months, 2 weeks ago

A major Russian missile attack on Ukraine kills at least 20 people and hits a children’s hospital

The Hindu  

A major Russian missile attack across Ukraine killed at least 20 people and injured more than 50 on Monday, officials said, with one missile striking a large children’s hospital in the capital, Kyiv, where emergency crews searched rubble for casualties. The Russian barrage targeted five Ukrainian cities with more than 40 missiles of different types, hitting apartment buildings and public …

Russia launches 'massive' attack on Ukraine power grid
6 months ago

Russia launches 'massive' attack on Ukraine power grid

The Hindu  

Ukraine on Saturday said Russia had launched a "massive" overnight attack on energy infrastructure in the west and south, adding that at least seven persons died in strikes elsewhere. Russia launched 16 cruise missiles from land, sea and air as well as 13 attack drones, aiming at energy infrastructure in several regions, Ukraine's military said. The Energy Ministry said this …

Russia launches 'massive' attack on Ukraine power infrastructure
6 months ago

Russia launches 'massive' attack on Ukraine power infrastructure

New Indian Express  

KYIV: Ukraine on Saturday said Russia had launched a "massive" overnight attack on energy infrastructure in the country's west and south. It said this was "the eighth massive, combined attack on energy infrastructure facilities" in the past three months. Ukrainian authorities on Thursday said energy infrastructure, including a power station, had been damaged in a major overnight attack which left …

Russia hits Ukraine energy facilities, apartment block killing three
6 months ago

Russia hits Ukraine energy facilities, apartment block killing three

Al Jazeera  

Russia has relied increasingly on guided bombs dropped from a distance that involve fewer risks for its forces. Russian guided bombs struck an apartment building in Ukraine’s second-largest city of Kharkiv, killing three people, wounding 29 and prompting President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to call for more help from Kyiv’s allies. Energy facilities targeted Overnight, Russia also launched a series of strikes …

Russia hammers Ukraine’s power grid again and Kyiv’s drones target more enemy oil depots
6 months ago

Russia hammers Ukraine’s power grid again and Kyiv’s drones target more enemy oil depots

Associated Press  

KYIV, Ukraine — Russia resumed its aerial pounding of Ukraine’s power grid and Kyiv’s forces again targeted Russian oil facilities with cross-border drone strikes, seeking to curb each other’s ability to fight in a war that is now in its third year, officials said Thursday. In its seventh major attack on Ukrainian power plants since Moscow intensified energy infrastructure attacks …

Energy shutdowns hit Ukraine after Russian attacks target infrastructure
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Energy shutdowns hit Ukraine after Russian attacks target infrastructure

Associated Press  

KYIV, Ukraine — Ukraine imposed emergency power shutdowns in most of the country on Sunday, a day after Russia unleashed large-scale attacks on energy infrastructure and claimed it made gains in the eastern Donetsk province. Russia’s coordinated new offensive has centered on Ukraine’s northeastern Kharkiv region, but seems to include testing Ukrainian defenses in Donetsk farther south, while also launching …

Energy shutdowns hit Ukraine after Russian attacks target infrastructure
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Energy shutdowns hit Ukraine after Russian attacks target infrastructure

The Independent  

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Energy shutdowns hit Ukraine after Russian attacks target infrastructure
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Energy shutdowns hit Ukraine after Russian attacks target infrastructure

LA Times  

A U.S.-made M1 Abrams tank and other U.S. military vehicles seized in Ukraine by Russian forces, on display in Moscow on Friday. Ukraine imposed emergency power shutdowns in most of the country Sunday, a day after Russia unleashed large-scale attacks on energy infrastructure and claimed it made gains in the eastern Donetsk province. Russia’s coordinated new offensive has centered on …

At least 19 injured as Russia hits Ukraine's power grid with fresh barrage
6 months, 3 weeks ago

At least 19 injured as Russia hits Ukraine's power grid with fresh barrage

The Hindu  

Russia pummelled Ukraine's energy infrastructure with a large-scale drone and missile attack Saturday, injuring at least 19 people, local officials said. Ukraine's largest private energy firm, DTEK said that two of its power plants had been seriously damaged in what it said was the sixth attack on the company's plants in two and a half months. Meanwhile, Ukraine's Energy Minister, …

At least 19 injured as Russia hits Ukraine’s power grid with fresh barrage
6 months, 3 weeks ago

At least 19 injured as Russia hits Ukraine’s power grid with fresh barrage

Associated Press  

KYIV, Ukraine — Russia pummeled Ukraine’s energy infrastructure with a large-scale drone and missile attack Saturday, injuring at least 19 people, local officials said. Ukraine’s largest private energy firm, DTEK said that two of its power plants had been seriously damaged in what it said was the sixth attack on the company’s plants in two and a half months. Meanwhile, …

Russian attacks on Ukraine power grid touch Kyiv with blackouts ahead of peak demand
7 months ago

Russian attacks on Ukraine power grid touch Kyiv with blackouts ahead of peak demand

Associated Press  

KYIV, Ukraine — Sustained Russian attacks on Ukraine’s power grid in recent weeks have forced leaders of the war-ravaged country to institute nationwide rolling blackouts. Among the strikes were an April barrage that damaged Kyiv’s largest thermal power plant and a massive attack on May 8 that targeted power generation and transmission facilities in several regions. “With each attack we …

Send us Patriots: Ukraine’s battered energy plants seek air defenses against Russian attacks
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Send us Patriots: Ukraine’s battered energy plants seek air defenses against Russian attacks

LA Times  

Workers remove debris from the roof of a damaged thermal power plant after a Russian attack in Ukraine this week. Staffers worry they will lose the race to prepare for winter unless Ukraine’s allies come up with air-defense systems like U.S.-made Patriot missiles to stop more destruction on already damaged plants. The Associated Press on Thursday visited a plant owned …

Russia and Ukraine target each other’s energy sectors
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Russia and Ukraine target each other’s energy sectors

Al Jazeera  

Moscow has renewed strikes on Ukraine’s energy facilities, drawing retaliatory attacks on refineries by Kyiv. The Ukrainian army said in its regular situational update on Saturday that Russia hit Ukraine with a “massive missile attack”. Energy Minister German Galushchenko also said in a Facebook post that the “enemy” had again attacked Ukraine’s energy infrastructure. Ukraine targets Russian oil refineries Meanwhile, …

Ukraine calls for energy savings amid Russian strikes
8 months ago

Ukraine calls for energy savings amid Russian strikes

The Hindu  

A major Ukrainian power company and the government on April 18 urged businesses to limit energy use during peak evening hours after a series of Russian strikes on the war-battered country's electricity grid. Russian forces have renewed coordinated aerial attacks on Ukraine's energy production facilities, including hitting a major power plant near the capital Kyiv last week. The Energy Ministry …

Russian missile strikes kill 14 in Ukraine's Chernihiv city as Kyiv runs out of options
8 months, 1 week ago

Russian missile strikes kill 14 in Ukraine's Chernihiv city as Kyiv runs out of options

India TV News  

Kyiv: At least three Russian missile strikes struck an eight-floor apartment building in the northern Ukrainian city of Chernihiv on Wednesday, killing at least 14 people and wounding 61 others, according to authorities. "This would not have happened if Ukraine had received sufficient air defence equipment and if the world's determination to counter Russian terror had been sufficient," he said. …

Ukraine 'ran out' of missiles to defend key plant, Zelensky says
8 months, 1 week ago

Ukraine 'ran out' of missiles to defend key plant, Zelensky says

The Hindu  

Russia was able to destroy a key power plant serving Kyiv because Ukraine ran out of defensive missiles, President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Tuesday. Mr. Zelensky's warning came as overnight storms put further strain on Ukraine's fragile energy system, cutting power to thousands of people. "Due to the bad weather, 173 settlements in four regions are without power supply," Ukraine's …

Ukraine’s military chief warns of ‘significantly’ worsening battlefield situation in the east
8 months, 1 week ago

Ukraine’s military chief warns of ‘significantly’ worsening battlefield situation in the east

Associated Press  

KYIV, Ukraine — Ukraine’s military chief on Saturday warned that the battlefield situation in the industrial east has “significantly worsened in recent days,” as warming weather allowed Russian forces to launch a fresh push along several stretches of the more 1,000 km-long front line. Also on Saturday, Germany announced that it will deliver an additional Patriot air defense system to …

Massive attack destroys one of Ukraine’s largest power plants
8 months, 1 week ago

Massive attack destroys one of Ukraine’s largest power plants

Associated Press  

A massive missile and drone attack destroyed one of Ukraine’s largest power plants and damaged others, officials said Thursday, part of a renewed Russian campaign targeting energy infrastructure. Speaking in Moscow, Russian President Vladimir Putin cast the attacks on Ukrainian energy facilities as a response to Ukrainian strikes that targeted Russian oil refineries. At least 10 other strikes overnight damaged …

Two killed as Russia escalates attacks on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Two killed as Russia escalates attacks on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure

Al Jazeera  

Russia’s attacks on such infrastructure in recent days have also caused severe power outages. Russian strikes on Ukrainian energy infrastructure have killed two people, one in the country’s western Lviv region, the other in an attack in the northeast, officials said. Meanwhile, hundreds of thousands in Ukraine’s Odesa region were left without power after debris from a downed Russian drone …

2 killed as Russia launches attacks on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure
8 months, 3 weeks ago

2 killed as Russia launches attacks on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure

LA Times  

A student of Kyiv State Arts Academy paints as other students and volunteers clear the rubble Saturday after the academy was partially ruined during the Russian missile attack a few days ago. A Russian cruise missile strike on infrastructure in Ukraine’s western Lviv region killed one man, while another died in an attack in the northeast, officials said Sunday. Meanwhile, …

Russia steps up bombardment of Ukraine’s capital
8 months, 4 weeks ago

Russia steps up bombardment of Ukraine’s capital

Al Jazeera  

Russia launched missiles against Kyiv for the third time in five days, part of an apparent escalation of the aerial bombardment of Ukrainian cities as the war stretches into its third year with the front line largely stationary. Five people were injured in the strike on the Ukrainian capital, with two of them taken to hospital, Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko …

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

‘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 …

Russia launches sweeping attack on Ukraine’s power sector, a sign of possible escalation
9 months ago

Russia launches sweeping attack on Ukraine’s power sector, a sign of possible escalation

Associated Press  

KYIV, Ukraine — Russia unleashed one of its most devastating attacks against Ukraine’s electric sector on Friday, an aerial assault it said was retaliation for recent strikes inside Russia and which could signal an escalation of the war just days after President Vladimir Putin cemented his grip on power in a preordained election. “It is important to understand the cost …

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