Ukraine to retaliate after Russia hits power sector
Since President Volodymyr Zelenskiy promised to retaliate to the depths of Russia, Russian drone attacks on energy facilities in North and South Ukraine left approximately 60,000 customers without electricity.
Three and a half years after the war, Russia and Ukraine have intensified both in recent weeks.
While Russia targets Ukraine’s energy and transportation systems, Ukraine is attacking Russian oil refineries and pipelines.
“We will continue our active operations as necessary for the defense of Ukraine. Forces and resources are being prepared. New deep strikes are planned.” He said.
Ukraine’s largest private energy company Dtek, Russian drones on Saturday night in the Odesa region attacked four energy facilities and local officials reported that 29,000 people remained in the early hours of Sunday.
The wider Governor of Odessa, Oleh Kiper, said that the most difficult hit is the port city of Chornomorsk just outside Odessa, where houses and administrative buildings are damaged.
In the Telegram messaging application, Kiper said, “Critical infrastructure is working on generators.” He said.
He said a person was injured in the attack.
Dtek Power Company said the emergency repair work will begin as soon as the army gave him the clarity.
Strategically, in the waters close to the important harbor, a civilian pile carrier flying the flag of Belize, after hitting an unknown explosive device, he was damaged, two sources told Reuters on condition of anonymity.
Chornomorsk is one of the three Port of Ukraine operating in a sea transport corridor that connects the Black Sea to the Mediterranean.
Russian drones also targeted the Northern Chernihiv region of Ukraine on Sunday, damaging the energy infrastructure, and left 30,000 households, including part of the city of Nizhyn.
The Ukrainian army said that Russia attacked Ukraine with 142 drones overnight and managed to hit most of the air defense forces, but the drones hit 10 places.
The Russian Ministry of Defense said he had hit the Ukrainian port infrastructure, which he said that his forces were used for military purposes.
Reuters could not confirm the reports independently.
In recent weeks, the intense struggle is coming to put pressure to end the war that began in February 2022, when US President Donald Trump launched a full -scale invasion of Moscow.
The Ukrainian army said on Sunday, despite the allegations of a successful summer attack by Moscow, the full control of any major Ukraine city of the Russian forces and the “extreme exaggerated” figures about the caught regions, he said.
Russian general personnel Valery Gerasimov said on Saturday that Russia has seized more than 3500 km of square in Ukraine since March and seized 149 villages.
“Despite Gerasimov’s claims, the Russian forces have not had full control over any big city,” the general staff of the Ukrainian armed forces said on social media. He said.
The Kremlin said that on Sunday, European forces will continue to operate in Ukraine until they see real signs that Moscow was ready for peace, and that Moscow was ready for peace.
On Sunday, Pope called Pope Leo Armistice and Dialogue.
Leo has been time to give up the logic of arms of those who are responsible and to address the path of negotiation and peace with the support of the international community. ” He said.
