THE Russia hit during last night two energy facilities at southern Ukraine, continuing its strategy of pounding the Ukrainian energy grid, the Ukrainian armed forces announced, citing two injuries.

Last night, Russia “attacked southern Ukraine with regular waves of attack drones“, announced the Southern Command of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.

Russia also fired three missiles at “vital transport and logistics infrastructure” in the southern Odesa region, the source said.

In the district of Mykolife, neighboring Odessa, one was also injured power stationaccording to the Southern Command of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.

It was caused by the Russian blow firewhich was later brought under control by firefighters, the same source said.

“An energy infrastructure suffered damages” and “two workers in a transport company were injured“, the armed forces announced, without giving further details.

“We are assessing the extent of the damage to the power station,” said the mayor of Odessa, Gennady Trukhanov, referring to one injured person.

Russia has been shelling Ukraine’s energy infrastructure for weeks, mainly in its northeastern part around Kharkiv, but also in other regions, causing extended power outages.

These new overnight strikes come less than three days after President Volodymyr Zelensky warned that his country “will lose the war” if US military aid, which has been blocked in Congress for months, does not arrive.

Because of this blockade of US aid and difficulties in military production in Europe, the Ukrainian armed forces are facing a shortage of ammunition, which adds to the physical and mental fatigue of its soldiers at the front.

For its part, the Russian military announced that it destroyed five Ukrainian drones over the border Russian region of Bryansk overnight.