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Russia to up attacks connected Ukraine arms retention
Russia launched a barrage of missiles against Ukraine overnight, successful attacks that appeared to target nan country's power infrastructure. Meanwhile, Russia said its aerial defense systems had intercepted much than 60 Ukrainian drones complete nan confederate Krasnodar region.
Ukraine's aerial unit said Saturday that Russia had launched 34 missiles against Ukraine overnight, of which 21 had been changeable down by Ukrainian aerial defenses.
In a station connected Telegram, Minister of Energy Herman Halushchenko said power accommodation successful Dnipropetrovsk successful nan southbound of nan state and Ivano-Frankivsk and Lviv successful nan westbound had been attacked and that an technologist was injured.
Private power usability DTEK said 4 of its thermal powerfulness plants were damaged and that location were "casualties," without going into detail.
Earlier this period Russia destroyed 1 of Ukraine's largest powerfulness plants and damaged others successful a monolithic rocket and drone onslaught arsenic it renewed its push to target Ukraine's power facilities.
Ukraine has appealed to its Western friends for much aerial defense systems to ward disconnected specified attacks. At a gathering of nan Ukraine Defense Contact Group connected Friday, U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin announced nan U.S. will supply Ukraine pinch further munitions and cogwheel for its aerial defense launchers.
Police offices locomotion successful beforehand of a crater aft a Russian rocket onslaught connected intelligence infirmary №3 successful Kharkiv, Ukraine, Saturday, April 27, 2024.
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Further east, a psychiatric infirmary was damaged and 1 personification was wounded aft Russia launched a rocket onslaught overnight connected Ukraine's second-largest city, Kharkiv. Photos from nan segment showed a immense crater connected nan grounds of nan installation and patients taking shelter successful corridors. Regional politician Oleh Syniehubov said a 53-year-old female was hurt.
Also successful nan Kharkiv region, a man was killed successful an overnight onslaught connected nan metropolis of Vovchansk, according to Ukraine's State Service for Emegency Situations.
In Russia, nan Defense Ministry said Russian aerial defense systems had intercepted 66 drones complete nan country's confederate Krasnodar region. Two much drones were changeable down complete nan Moscow-annexed Crimean Peninsula.
The politician of nan Krasnodar region, Veniamin Kondratyev, said that Ukrainian forces targeted an lipid refinery and infrastructure accommodation but that location were nary casualties aliases superior damage. The location section of nan Emergency Situations Ministry reported that a occurrence collapsed retired astatine nan Slavyansk lipid refinery successful Slavyansk-on-Kuban during nan attack.
Ukrainian officials usually diminution to remark connected attacks connected Russian soil, but nan Ukrainian Energy Ministry said Saturday that 2 lipid refineries successful nan Krasnodar region had been deed by drones.
Five group were wounded successful a drone onslaught successful a separator colony successful Russia's Belgorod region, location Gov. Vyacheslav Gladkov said.
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