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Ukraine energy infrastructure targeted in massive Russian missile, drone attacks NHK

Russia has launched large-scale missile and drone strikes across Ukraine. The country's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy condemned the attacks as targeting his country's energy infrastructure.

Zelenskyy said on social media that all regions of Ukraine were hit by a massive combined attack overnight and Sunday morning.

He said Russian forces launched a total of about 90 drones and 120 missiles, including Kinzhal and Zircon types that Russia's military says are hypersonic.

Zelenskyy also said a drone attack killed two people and injured six, including two children, in Mykolaiv in the south.

He said the enemy's target was energy infrastructure across Ukraine, and that some facilities were damaged.

Authorities in the capital Kyiv said on social media that falling debris damaged a residential building and left one person injured.

They described the combined missile-drone attack on Ukraine as the largest in about three months.

Power and water supplies were reportedly disrupted in parts of the southern region of Odesa. A major energy firm said a thermal power plant was seriously damaged.

Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha wrote on social media that the attack is Russian President Vladimir Putin's "true response to all those who called and visited him recently."

He apparently had in mind German Chancellor Olaf Scholz's phone talks with Putin on Friday, their first in about two years.

Sybiha added, "We need peace through strength, not appeasement."
Summary
Russia conducted a large-scale missile and drone attack on Ukraine, targeting energy infrastructure according to President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. The assault involved approximately 90 drones and 120 missiles, including Kinzhal and Zircon types, reportedly hypersonic. Regions across Ukraine were
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Category ID: nhk

URL: https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20241117_15/

Date: Nov. 17, 2024

Created: 2024/11/18 07:00

Updated: 2025/12/08 08:46

Last Read: 2024/11/18 09:05