Kiev, Ukraine – Russia targeted Ukraine’s energy infrastructure during the night and the bombing of drones during the night, officials said on Friday, hours after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said he was talking to the USA at the end Three-year war will take place next week.
Ukraine came under the attack of “massive rocket and drone”, the Herman Halushchenko Energy Minister wrote on Facebook. At least 10 people, including a child, was injured, authorities said.
“Russia is trying to hurt ordinary Ukraine striking facilities for energy and gas production, without leaving their goal to leave us without light and heat and causing the greatest damage to ordinary citizens,” Halushchenko wrote.
Russia is repeatedly It is targeted in Ukraine’s power of grids During the war. Attacks spent electricity production capacity and disrupted critical heating and water supply. Ukrainian officials accused Russia “weapons for weapons” in an effort to erode civil morality.
Russia shot 67 projectiles from the air, the mainland and the sea and launched 194 shocks and drones, Ukraine has said the aviation power. Their primary goal was Ukrainian facilities for extracting natural gas, he said.
For the first time, Ukraine distributed French Mirage-2000 Warplanes delivered a month ago to help refuse to attack, toward the air force. Ukraine also has a warder-16 combat nozzles for recording Russian missiles.
The Ukrainian defense broke up 34 rockets and 100 drones, the air force said, until 10 rockets reached their goals, and 86 drones were lost from radar, probably jammed electronic wars.
Western delivered defense systems are crucial for the fight in Ukraine, but further American aid is uncertain under U.S. President Donald Trump, which says it is determined to complete the war and has Paused US military help For Kiev as a way of pressing in Zelenskyy to negotiate.
In his night address on Thursday, Zelsky said that he would travel to Saudi Arabia on Monday to introduce himself to the throne to the country, and his team would remain to take talks with American officials.
Zelensky greeted the European Union plan Strong Defense of the Continent. He expressed hope that some new consumption could be used to strengthen the Ukrainian own defense industry.
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2025-03-07 10:36:00
