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Russian troops again attacked the energy structure of Ukraine
On the night of April 12, Russian troops attacked Ukraine with 17 shock drones of the Shakud type and a guided air rocket X-59. This was reported by the command of the Air Force of the Armed Forces.
According to the Ukrainian military, 16 drones were shot down within the Nikolaev, Odessa, Kherson, Dnipropetrovsk, Vinnitsa and Khmelnitsky regions.
In the Krivorozhsky district of the Dnipropetrovsk region, the wreckage of a shot down drone fell on the territory of the critical infrastructure object. There was a fire, later it was extinguished.
There were reports about explosions in the Khmelnitsky region.
The consequences of shelling are specified. The victims and victims have not yet been reported.
On the night of April 11, Russia inflicted a massive blow to Ukraine with winged missiles and drones. Energy facilities in five regions of the country were hit: Kharkov, Kyiv, Zaporizhzhya, Odessa and Lviv. The Centrenergo stated that as a result of the strikes, the Tripoli thermal power station in the Kyiv region was completely destroyed. It generates about half of all the energy that enterprises in the region produce. In Kharkov, the city thermal power station received damage, in the city of Sumy the TPP was also attacked.
Russian President Vladimir Putin called blows to Ukraine’s energy facilities part of the “demilitarization” process, as they affect the defense and industrial complex of Ukraine. Putin also stated that Russia "was forced to" respond to blows to its energy facilities from Ukraine. In recent weeks, several oil refineries on Russian territory have been affected as a result of drones of drones.
The Russian Ministry of Defense today reported on four drones destroyed on the night of April 12 over the territory of the Rostov region and one over the Belgorod region. The destruction and victims are not reported.