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Ukraine apparently targeted Russian power plants and oil refineries in an overnight drone attack, Russia’s Defense Ministry said Sunday.
Russia said its military shot down 158 drones — including 11 over Moscow and the surrounding area. The tally suggested this was one of Kyiv’s largest drone attacks since Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022. No deaths or injuries were reported in Russia.
The attack came after an intense week of heavy Russian bombardment in Ukraine targeting energy infrastructure, an assault that has exacerbated the power blackouts that now plague the country. Moscow has upped its strikes on Ukraine’s infrastructure since Kyiv began its incursion into Russia’s Kursk region last month; Kyiv claims it has captured 500 square miles of Russian territory and hundreds prisoners of war.
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The incursion and other attacks on Russia remain a massive gamble for Ukraine, which risks losing both military resources and manpower as Russia pushes its own offensive in eastern Ukraine. Russian forces are now just a few kilometers away from the Ukrainian city of Pokrovsk, a crucial logistics hub for Ukraine’s military, the BBC reported.
Kyiv said it can slow Russia if its Western allies give the green light to use their long-range weapons to strike inside Russian territory — a move that Moscow has warned against — and a Ukrainian delegation is in Washington this week to try and secure that permission.