Ukraine targets Russian energy infrastructure in recent strikes

The Ukrainian armed forces have carried out four attacks on Russian energy infrastructure facilities in the past 24 hours, the Russian Defence Ministry said on Thursday.

“Over the past 24 hours, the Ukrainian armed forces have carried out four attacks on Russian energy infrastructure,” the ministry said in a statement.

As a result of the attacks, approximately 3,000 consumers have been left without electricity in the Kursk and Belgorod regions, the ministry added.

In the Zaporizhzhia region, Kyiv’s drone attack on the Vasilyevka electrical substation left about 9,000 people without power, the statement read.