Russia attacked Ukraine with 99 drones and missiles last night. The Ukrainians say they shot down 84

During the night, Russia launched a powerful air attack on energy installations in Ukraine, using different types of missiles and attack drones, reports Ukrainskaia Pravda, taken over by News.ro.

Ukrainian air defense announced that it destroyed 84 of the 99 enemy air targets used by Russia to attack Ukraine.

According to the Ukrainian military, 60 Shahed drones, three Kinjal missiles, two Iskander-M missiles and four Iskander-K cruise missiles, 9 X-59 guided missiles and 21 X-101/X-555 cruise missiles were launched. launched from aircraft.

The Ukrainian army stated that its air forces destroyed 58 of the attack drones launched by Russia and 26 of the 39 missiles.

Even if most of them were intercepted, the Russian attacks managed to hit thermal and hydroelectric plants in the center and west of Ukraine, the operator Ukrenergo announced on Friday.

Regional officials said Russian forces attacked infrastructure in the Kamianske district, near the city of Dnipro. At least one person was injured, they added.

The Ukrainian Minister of Energy, German Galushchenko, also stated that energy installations in Dnipropetrovsk, Poltava and Cherkassy regions were attacked. “Electricity generation facilities were targeted by drones and missiles,” Galuşchenko said on Facebook.

Ukrainian television said explosions were heard in Ivano-Frankiivsk and Khmelnytskyi regions, as well as in the city of Dnipro, while Russian cruise missiles were spotted in Ukrainian airspace.

The largest private power company, DTEK, said three of its thermal plants were attacked. “The equipment was seriously damaged,” she stated on Telegram. “After the attack ended, power engineers immediately began repairing the damage,” DTEK states.

Ukrainian energy distributor Yasno said this week that DTEK had lost about half of its capacity following Russian missile and drone attacks.

Russia advances in the east

Russian troops launched new attacks in eastern Ukraine on Thursday, with heavy fighting reported near the nearly destroyed towns of Avdiivka and Bahmut, which came after a new round of rocket and drone attacks overnight, dpa reports, taken by Agerpres.

In its daily report on the situation on the front, the General Staff of Ukraine listed 11 advances of Russian forces towards four localities.

Along the entire front line, from the south to the eastern part of Ukraine, 48 battles broke out, according to the report, which also mentioned Russian air and artillery attacks near the city of Kharkiv.

The information could not be independently verified.

Kharkiv was targeted in rocket and combat drone attacks overnight Wednesday into Thursday, with the city’s mayor reporting two explosions, including one that struck and destroyed a restaurant, but no injuries were reported.

The latest attack on Ukraine’s second-largest city came after one person was killed and 19 injured in an attack on Wednesday.

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