Russia launches ‘massive’ attack on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure

Explosions heard crossed Ukraine, including Kyiv and Odesa, arsenic Russia advances astatine its fastest complaint since the aboriginal days of the astir three-year war.

Russia has launched a immense onslaught connected Ukraine’s vigor facilities and subject infrastructure, Russian quality agencies report, citing the Ministry of Defence.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy connected Sunday said Russian forces launched astir 120 missiles and 90 drones successful a “massive” combined aerial onslaught – 1 of the largest barrages of the near-three-year war.

In a connection connected his Telegram channel, Zelenskyy added that Ukrainian defence forces changeable down much than 140 Russian projectiles.

A Russian drone onslaught connected the confederate Ukrainian metropolis of Mykolaiv killed astatine slightest 2 radical and wounded six others, including children, Zelenskyy said, adding that “all areas” were near without power.

Explosions were heard crossed Ukraine connected Sunday, including the capital, Kyiv, the cardinal confederate larboard of Odesa, and the country’s westbound and cardinal regions, according to section reports.

Ukraine’s vigor relation DTEK connected Sunday announced exigency powerfulness cuts successful the Kyiv portion and 2 successful the east.

Earlier, Ukraine’s Energy Minister German Galushchenko said connected Telegram that “a monolithic onslaught connected our vigor strategy is ongoing” and that Russian forces were “attacking energy procreation and transmission facilities passim Ukraine”.

Russian attacks person hammered Ukraine’s powerfulness procreation capableness since Moscow’s all-out penetration of its neighbour successful February 2022, prompting repeated exigency powerfulness shutdowns and nationwide rolling blackouts.

Ukrainian officials person routinely urged their Western allies to bolster the country’s aerial defences to antagonistic assaults and let for repairs.

The large-scale Russian battle came arsenic Russian forces precocious astatine the fastest complaint since the war’s earliest days. To adhd to the pressure, North Korea has sent thousands of soldiers to the Russian portion of Kursk to assistance Moscow combat disconnected a Ukrainian incursion that started successful August.

On Saturday, Zelenskyy said his broadside volition bash everything imaginable truthful that the warfare ends successful 2025 “through diplomatic means”.

His comments came aft Russian President Vladimir Putin held his archetypal nonstop speech successful astir 2 years with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, saying an statement to extremity the warfare would besides request to address the “root causes” of the conflict which, according to Putin, see NATO’s expansion.

Support for war-torn Ukraine is besides successful question pursuing the triumph of Donald Trump successful the United States statesmanlike election.

In the run-up to the vote, Trump had repeatedly questioned the magnitude of US wealth spent connected subject assistance for Ukraine. Vice President-elect JD Vance has suggested that a Trump medication could favour letting Russia support the Ukrainian land it has seized connected the battlefield.

Meanwhile, the outgoing medication of US President Joe Biden has pledged to fortify its enactment for Kyiv successful its remaining clip successful power, and the leaders of the G7 confederation person reaffirmed enactment for Ukraine “for arsenic agelong arsenic it takes”.

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Al Jazeera and quality agencies