KYIV - A new barrage of Russian missiles and drones damaged energy facilities in southeastern and western Ukraine on Saturday (June 22), wounding at least two energy workers and forcing record electricity imports, officials said.
A view shows the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant in the course of Ukraine-Russia conflict outside the Russian-controlled city of Enerhodar in the Zaporizhzhia region, Ukraine, on Aug 4, 2022.KYIV - A new barrage of Russian missiles and drones damaged energy facilities in southeastern and western Ukraine on Saturday , wounding at least two energy workers and forcing record electricity imports, officials said.
"After eight massive attacks by the enemy on the power system since March, the situation in the energy sector remains difficult," it added in a statement. "This is an important turning point, because they use it, considering it a safer water area than the Black Sea," Ukrainian navy spokesperson Dmytro Pletenchuk told local television.
Lviv's regional governor, Maksym Kozytskyi, said 67 firefighters and 12 special vehicles were involved in putting out the fire in his region on Ukraine's Polish border.
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