KYIV: Russia launched a "massive" missile strike at Ukraine overnight, damaging four power plants in the latest barrage targeting the country's energy supply, officials in Kyiv said on Saturday (Apr 27). Two people were killed and at least 10 more wounded in Russian shelling.
Workers clean a kitchen area in a hospital building damaged by a Russia n missile strike, amid Russia 's attack on Ukraine , in Kharkiv on Apr 27, 2024. KYIV: Russia launched a"massive" missile strike at Ukraine overnight, damaging four power plants in the latest barrage targeting the country's energy supply, officials in Kyiv said on Saturday .
"The enemy has once again attacked the country's energy infrastructure. In particular, facilities in Dnipropetrovsk, Ivano-Frankivsk, and Lviv regions were attacked. There is damage to equipment," Energy Minister German Galushchenko said in a Facebook post. State electricity operator Ukrenergo said it had disconnected its main overhead power line in the west of the country as a preventative measure."We ask all consumers to consume electricity sparingly. Industry is asked to maximise electricity imports and use alternative power sources," Ukrenergo said in a statement.
One person was also killed and eight wounded in shelling of the southern Kherson region, Ukraine's national police said. Russian officials in the Krasnodar region reported a fire at an oil refinery in the town of Slavyansk-on-Kuban. "Air defences destroyed and intercepted 66 Ukrainian drones over the territory of the Krasnodar region and two over the Crimean peninsula," the defence ministry said in a statement.
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