Russia on Tuesday struck at military and infrastructure targets in Ukraine's capital Kyiv and across other parts of the country, including western areas far from the front lines, Ukrainian officials said.
Posted: Jun 20, 2023 3:32 PM EDT | Last Updated: 2 hours ago
The Russian attacks took place as attention has been focused on Ukrainian actions against Russia's defensive positions in the south and east — the initial stages of a counteroffensive seeking to push President Vladimir Putin's troops back from territory seized since the invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.
A cloud of smoke rises following a night drone strike in the western Ukrainian city of Lviv early on Tuesday. The Energy Ministry said debris from falling drones damaged electricity lines in the Kyiv region and also in the Mykolaiv region in the south, cutting off electricity for hundreds of residents.
Yuriy Malashko, head of the Zaporizhzhia region's military administration, said Russia had targeted telecommunication infrastructure and agriculture and farming properties.Reuters could not independently verify the reports. Russia annexed the Crimean Peninsula on the Black Sea from Ukraine in 2014, but considers it to be outside the scope of what it calls its "special military operation" focused on eastern and southern Ukraine.
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