Russia launched a “massive attack” on energy infrastructure in three Ukrainian provinces on the night of Friday to Saturday
The Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky addressed a new dramatic appeal on Saturday to strengthen Ukrainian air defenses and urgent arms deliveries after the latest overnight Russian strike on Ukraine’s energy sector.
Zelensky said that Ukraine is in need of a sufficient number of anti-aircraft defense systems and from other weapons to protect her cities and prevail on the front lines. “Terrorism must always be defeated, and anyone who helps us stand up to Russian terrorism is a true pro-lifer,” he said in a post on social media.
Russia launched a “massive attack” on the night of Friday to Saturday against energy infrastructure in three provinces of Ukraine, resulting in at least two people were injured, announced the Ukrainian army and local authorities.
“During the night the Russian occupiers launched a new massive offensive against Ukraine using cruise missiles of various types,” the military said. A total of 34 missiles were fired, of which 21 were shot down, the Ukrainian Air Force said.
An 82-year-old woman and a 39-year-old man were injured, the first in an artillery bombardment of the city of Nikopol and the second in a Russian strike on an energy infrastructure in the neighboring city of Kryovorizka, the chairman of the Kryvyi Defense Council Rich Oleksandr Vilkul told Telegram.
Power generation company DTEK pointed out that four of its thermoelectric plants were “severely damaged” from the “massive” strikes during the night.
“Unfortunately we could not avoid the consequences. Energy infrastructures in the cities of Dnipropetrovsk and Kriviy Rikh have been damaged, fires have broken out,” said the governor of Dnipropetrovsk region, Serhiy Lysak.
The Pentagon announced that it would “expedite” it deployment of Patriot air defense missiles and artillery ammunition to Ukraine as part of its new US military aid package.
However, new Patriot systems to launch the missiles they will not be sent, the Minister of Defense clarified Lloyd Austin.
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Source :Skai
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