2023-11-18 09:12:54
According to information from Kiev, energy infrastructure objects were hit in heavy Russian drone attacks in the southern Ukrainian regions of Zaporizhzhia and Odessa. The Ukrainian Air Force announced on its Telegram channel that 29 of the 38 Shahed kamikaze drones launched across the country were intercepted on Saturday night. According to the Southern Command of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, a fire broke out in Odessa as a result of the drone strike.
The fire occurred in an administrative building of an energy complex. One person was injured and the fire has now been brought under control, it said.
In Zaporizhzhia, four of eight drones were intercepted, military governor Yuri Malaschko said on Telegram. However, several infrastructure objects were also hit, causing a fire to break out there. There were no injuries.
In addition to the Odessa and Zaporizhia regions, the neighboring regions of Mykolaiv and Kherson, the capital Kiev and Khmelnytskyi in western Ukraine also reported attacks during the night. Since last fall, Russia has systematically attacked energy supply facilities in the neighboring country in its war of aggression once morest Ukraine. Kiev is also expecting targeted attacks from Moscow once morest its own electricity, heat and water supplies this winter.
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