Russian armed forces launched an eighth “massive” attack on energy infrastructure in western and southern Ukraine on Friday evening, according to the Ukrainian Energy Ministry.
On Friday evening, Russian armed forces launched a massive attack on Ukrenergo facilities in the Zaporizhia (south) and Lviv (west) regions, damaging them,” the Ukrainian Energy Ministry said, specifying that two employees were injured and hospitalized in Zaporizhia. . According to the ministry, this is the eighth “massive” attack on Ukrainian power plants in the past three months, forcing frequent power cuts.
Ukrainian authorities said Thursday that energy infrastructure, including a power plant, was damaged by a major Russian attack overnight, which injured seven of their employees.
kyiv calls on the West to help rebuild its network
Russia’s escalating attacks have destroyed half of Ukraine’s energy capacity, according to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. On Thursday, he called for solar panels and energy storage units to be installed “in every school and hospital, as soon as possible.”
Maxim Timchenko, general director of the operator DTEK, warned that Ukraine risked “facing a serious crisis this winter” if its Western partners did not act. kyiv is urging its Western partners to help rebuild its electricity grid, a project that requires significant investment, and to provide it with more air defense equipment to counter Russian bombing.
In this context, Washington “made the difficult but necessary decision” to give Ukraine priority over other allies in the supply of missiles used for air defense.
Ukrainian forces struck four Russian oil refineries with drones on the night of June 20-21
Ukrainian long-range attack drones struck four Russian oil refineries as well as radar stations and other military targets in Russia in an offensive Friday morning, the Ukrainian military said. “Drones attacked oil refineries in Afipsky, Ilsky, Krasnodar and Astrakhan,” the military said in a statement posted on the messaging app Telegram. It previously announced that it had shot down 70 drones over the Black Sea and the Crimean Peninsula on Friday, 43 drones over Russia’s Krasnodar region and another plane over Russia’s Volgograd region. According to a Kiev intelligence source, the Afipsky, Ilsky and Krasnodar oil refineries produce fuel for Russia’s Black Sea Fleet. The offensive targeting them was carried out jointly with the Ukrainian security service SBU, this source added to Reuters.
“The damage to these refineries will significantly complicate the logistics of supplying fuel oil, making it more expensive and time-consuming, as it will have to be delivered by other refineries,” the source said. The Ukrainian military also claims to have targeted radar stations and electronic intelligence centers in the Bryansk region and occupied Crimea. The press release does not specify the exact nature of these sites. Drone storage and launch sites, as well as command and control centers in Russia’s Krasnodar region, were also hit, the statement said, adding that explosions and fires were confirmed at these facilities.
The source said the drone attack targeted a training center in the town of Yeysk, Krasnodar region, used by Russia to launch drone attacks against Ukraine. The Ukrainian army also claimed responsibility for drone attacks on fuel depots in the Russian regions of Tambov and Adygea on Thursday.
Russia announced that it had neutralized 114 Ukrainian drones overnight, targeting the Krasnodar region, in the south of the country, where one person was killed, according to local authorities. Russian air defense systems intercepted and destroyed 70 drones over annexed Crimea, 43 drones over the Krasnodar region and one drone over the Volgograd region, according to a statement from the Russian Ministry of Defense. Defense.
Russian president continues to cite nuclear threats to discourage further support for Ukraine
Vladimir Putin continues to invoke nuclear threats as part of his ongoing information campaign to discourage further Western support for Ukraine and undermine the international community’s efforts to harmonize its strategic vision to defeat the war. of conquest led by Russia against Ukraine.
Originally published in The European Times.
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