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Ukraine targets Russian energy infrastructure in recent strikes
Credit: RIA/NAN
The Russian Defence Ministry, on Thursday, raised alarm that Ukraine targets Russian energy facilities, stating that the Ukrainian armed forces have carried out four attacks on Russian energy infrastructure in the past 24 hours.
The ministry in a statement asserted that “over the past 24 hours, the Ukrainian armed forces have carried out four attacks on Russian energy infrastructure.”
The ministry maintained that as a result of the attacks, approximately 3,000 consumers have been left without electricity in the Kursk and Belgorod regions.
The ministry added that in the Zaporizhzhia region, Kyiv’s drone attack on the Vasilyevka electrical substation left about 9,000 people without power.
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