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“Critical infrastructure” in western Ukraine was hit by a new “massive” Russian attack on Wednesday morning, Ukrainian authorities announced.
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January 15, 2025 – 10:45
(Keystone-ATS) Russia has been pounding its neighbor’s power grid and other infrastructure since its invasion of Ukraine began three years ago, regularly causing widespread power outages across the country.
“Two critical infrastructure sites were hit in the Drogobych and Stryi districts,” Lviv region governor Maksym Kozytsky said in a statement.
A missile fell near a house in the village of Sknyliv creating a crater 6 meters wide, without causing any casualties, he added.
In the neighboring region of Ivano-Frankivsk, the attack targeted “essential infrastructure sites”, without causing any casualties, said the governor of this territory Stitlana Onychchouk.
“The enemy continues to terrorize the Ukrainians,” protested Energy Minister German Galushchenko on Facebook, denouncing a “massive” attack.
The Russian army confirmed that it had struck “essential infrastructure” of the energy network in Ukraine on Wednesday, the day after the biggest air attack by kyiv troops against Russian territory since the start of the large-scale conflict in 2022.
“This morning, the armed forces (…) launched a group attack with high-precision weapons and attack drones on essential gas and energy infrastructure that supports the Ukrainian military-industrial complex,” indicated the Russian army in a press release.
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The national electricity operator Ukrenergo immediately announced emergency power cuts in seven Ukrainian regions located in the East, Center and South.
These strikes come the day after an attack on energy and military sites in Russia, claimed by Ukraine as “the most important” on Russian soil since the start of the war.
This Ukrainian attack targeted oil refineries and fuel depots, as well as chemical factories manufacturing, according to kyiv, components for the Russian military sector.
According to the Russian Defense Ministry, this Ukrainian attack on Tuesday notably involved six American ATACMS missiles and six British Storm Shadow missiles. He assured that all the projectiles were shot down without causing any casualties.
Russia has promised a systematic response to any Western missile strike on its territory, and has threatened to target the center of kyiv or even to use its new experimental Orechnik hypersonic missile.
