Russian drones and missile strikes in Ukraine have caused significant damage to infrastructure, including energy sites and railways, leaving thousands without water and power on Saturday night.
The latest wave of aerial strikes, on Saturday, came at a time when Ukrainian negotiators were discussing a US-backed peace proposal in Miami, Florida. The Ukrainian air force on Sunday confirmed that Russia fired 51 missiles and launched 653 drones.
While President Volodymyr Zelenskyy accused Russia of “targeting Ukraine’s civilian energy facilities.” “Russia aims to inflict suffering on millions of Ukrainians,” he said, adding, “Drone and missile attacks were also reported in the Chernihiv, Zaporizhzhia, Lviv, and Dnipropetrovsk regions.”
“A total of 44500 people have no access to water and electricity after constant Russian attacks that ended late on Saturday night,” Restoration Minister Oleksiy Kuleba said.
Zelenskyy also confirmed that the Russian drones struck and burnt down “the main railway station building in Fastiv, a city around 70 kilometres (45 miles) southwest of Kyiv.”
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Meanwhile, Moldova’s national energy provider said it was also affected by the drone and missile strikes. Moldelectrica, a major energy provider to Moldova, said, “It requested emergency assistance from Romania as a preventive measure for the next few hours” due to power outages reported across several regions of the country.
Despite the ongoing peace talks, both Russia and Ukraine have routinely targeted each other’s civilian infrastructure. As with previous waves of attacks, the Russian defence ministry said its strikes had targeted “Ukrainian military-industrial complex enterprises and the energy facilities that support them.”
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