Russia launches new ‘massive’ attack on Ukraine power network

Ukraine on Saturday said Russia had launched a “massive” overnight attack on energy infrastructure in the west and south, adding that at least seven people died from Moscow strikes elsewhere.

Russia launched 16 cruise missiles from land, sea and air as well as 13 attack drones, aiming at energy infrastructure in several regions, Ukraine’s military said.

Air defences downed all but four of them, it added.

Russia’s defence ministry said its troops “carried out a group strike with long-range high-precision weaponry from air and sea and also drones on Ukrainian energy facilities that power arms production”.

It said it also targeted warehouses containing munitions and “air-launched weapons provided to the Ukrainian military by western countries”.

“All the set targets were hit,” the ministry said, calling its latest attacks retaliation for Ukrainian attacks on its own energy network.