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"A massive Russian drone and missile attack has hit gas facilities in eastern
Ukraine as the Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, flew to Washington for
a meeting with Donald Trump to discuss the US providing Kyiv with long-range
Tomahawk cruise missiles.
Russia launched hundreds of drones and dozens of missiles, as well as glide
bombs early on Thursday, sparking outages in eight regions in another
large-scale bombardment targeting Ukraine’s energy network.
“Russia launched more than 300 attack drones and 37 missiles, a significant
number of them ballistic, against Ukraine,” Zelenskyy said on X. “This autumn,
the Russians use every single day to strike at our energy infrastructure.”
Zelenskyy said strikes had hit the regions of Chernihiv, Kharkiv, Poltava, Sumy
and Vinnytsia.
One of the facilities hit was the Shebelinka gas processing plant in Kharkiv
region, where large columns of black smoke and fiercely burning fires could be
seen in the aftermath of the attack.
Staff at the plant told the
Guardian that it had been hit just after 5.30am
by drones and missiles, setting off at least two blazes in different parts of
the facility.
Since invading Ukraine in 2022, Moscow has attacked Ukrainian power
infrastructure each winter, forcing Kyiv to impose emergency blackouts and
import energy from abroad."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
