The large-scale retaliation comes in response to Kiev\u2019s \u201cterrorist attacks on civilian sites in Russia,\u201d the Defense Ministry has said<\/p>\n
The Russian military has conducted concentrated strikes on Ukraine\u2019s military and energy infrastructure overnight, the Defense Ministry in Moscow has said.
\nThe strikes involved long-range kamikaze drones, as well as air- and ground-launched high-precision weaponry, including Kinzhal hypersonic missiles, the ministry said in a statement on Tuesday. The strikes affected Ukrainian defense-industry sites and power plants feeding them, and came in response to Kiev\u2019s \u201cterrorist attacks on civilian sites in Russia,\u201d the ministry added.
\nThe Russian military did not provide an exact list of targets or the number of munitions used in the overnight strikes, stating only that all the designated targets were hit successfully. According to the Ukrainian authorities, the strikes involved around 600 kamikaze drones and dozens of missiles of various types.
\nMajor power outages have been reported in several Ukrainian regions, primarily in the west of the country. According to the Ukrainian Energy Ministry, the regions of Rovno, Ternopol, and Kmelnitsky have suffered \u201calmost\u201d blanket blackouts, with major outages also occurring in Vinnitsa, Zhitomir, Chernigov, Dnepropetrovsk, and Kharkov regions.<\/p>\n
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Ukraine\u2019s interim energy minister, Artyom Nekrasov, claimed that the overnight strikes affected several substations linked to the country\u2019s nuclear power plants, with the facilities forced to lower their output.
\nThe country\u2019s largest private energy operator, DTEK, said several of its thermal power plants were damaged during the strikes. The company did not explicitly name the locations affected by the attack.
\nPort and energy infrastructure sustained damage in Ukraine\u2019s Odessa Region, local authorities said, specifying that a \u201ccivilian dry cargo vessel\u201d and \u201cempty warehouse\u201d were affected by the strikes.
\nIn recent weeks, Moscow and Kiev have been actively exchanging long-range strikes, primarily using assorted kamikaze drones. The Russian military maintains a campaign against military and dual-use sites as retaliation for Ukrainian attacks inside Russia that often hit critical infrastructure and residential areas.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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