Russia and Ukraine have exchanged strikes targeting each other's power facilities and oil refineries, resulting in power outages and damage to infrastructure.
What happened
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy reported that Russian drone and missile strikes targeted power-generation sites and substations in multiple Ukrainian cities, including Odesa, Cherkasy, and Kharkiv. The overnight attack involved at least 289 attack drones, 17 ballistic missiles, and 59 cruise missiles, according to Zelenskyy.
Russia's Ministry of Defense confirmed that its forces targeted power generation facilities that they believed were supporting Ukraine's military. Zelenskyy also reported that Russian strikes on Kharkiv damaged a hospital, leaving 73 injured, and that rescue operations were ongoing in the Zaporizhzhia region after strikes a day earlier.
In response, Ukrainian forces launched 856 attack drones against multiple Russian regions and sites along the Black Sea, according to Russia's Ministry of Defense. The drones targeted an oil refinery in Russia's Yaroslavl region, injuring two employees and damaging infrastructure. Russian air defense forces intercepted most of the Ukrainian attack drones.
