“Russia launches massive aerial attack against Ukraine’s energy gridABC News Chief Foreign Correspondent Ian Pannell reports on Russia…Show More
LONDON — All regions of Ukraine were under air raid alerts early Thursday amid Russia’s latest long-range drone and missile barrage against the country’s energy grid, with almost 1 million people reportedly left without power.
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Russia launched around 100 drones and more than 90 missiles into Ukraine, including projectiles carrying cluster munitions. “Each such attack proves that air defense systems are needed now in Ukraine, where they save lives, and not in storage bases,” he added.
“This is especially important in the winter, when we have to protect our infrastructure from targeted Russian strikes,” Zelenskyy said.
Ukraine’s air force said Russia launched 91 missiles, 79 of which it said were shot down. Russia also launched 97 drones, the air force said, of which 35 were downed and 62 neutralized via jamming.
