2024-04-13 07:00 Compiled by United Daily News Zhou Chenyang/Reporting in real time
On the 11th, Russia launched missiles and drones and launched a new round of large-scale attacks on Ukraine. Many power plants and critical energy infrastructure in the capital Kiev and across the country were attacked. Russian President Vladimir Putin said that Russia had to launch an attack that caused serious damage to Ukrainian energy facilities in response to Kiev’s previous attack on Russia.
Reuters cited Russian media reports that Putin said in talks with his ally Belarusian President Lukashenko that these attacks were part of Ukraine’s “demilitarization” process, which was one of the goals he mentioned when he sent Russian troops to Ukraine. .
“Regrettably, we have recently observed a series of blows to our energy facilities and had to respond,” Putin said. He said, “To a certain extent, the attack on energy is related to solving one of the tasks we have set for ourselves, which is demilitarization. We believe that, most importantly, in this way we will affect Ukraine’s military industry complex, and in a very direct way”.
Putin also claimed that Russia has refrained from carrying out such attacks in winter “because of humanitarian considerations.” “What I want to say is that we don’t want hospitals and other social institutions to run out of power.” But Ukraine’s major strikes on Russian refineries in recent weeks have prompted Russia to respond.
According to previous news, multiple unconfirmed images circulated on social media showed that the Tripilska Thermal Power Plant, more than 40 kilometers away from Kiev, was engulfed in raging fire and black smoke was continuously billowing out. It had been completely destroyed by Russian air strikes.
Russia launched a new round of large-scale attacks on Ukraine on the 11th. Screenshots obtained from social media images can be seen in the Kiev Oblast…
A statement from the operator of the Ukrainian power grid (Ukrenergo) stated that substations and power generation facilities were damaged in air strikes in Odessa, Kharkiv, Zaporozhye, Lviv and Kiev Oblast. Ukrainian presidential aide Oleksiy Kuleba said that the northeastern region of Kharkiv was hit by missiles and artillery shells, and long-term rolling blackouts have been implemented, forcing at least 200,000 people to lose power.
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