Ukraine’s largest hydroelectric dam, the Dnipro Hydroelectric Power Plant , is in “critical condition” after it was hit in a Russian strike on Ukraine’s key energy facilities, authorities say. The head of the Zaporizhzhia region military administration, Ivan Fedorov, told Ukrainian television that the power plant can no longer produce electricity. Traffic around the plant is “completely blocked,” he said, with residents being forced to drive over bridges to get around, he said.
” Ukraine is on the back foot along the frontlines as it faces continued aerial assaults. In May, Russian opened up a new front with a surprise attack on north-eastern Kharkiv, exploiting Ukrainian shortages of weaponry and manpower. The Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, attending a summit of defense chiefs in Singapore, called on countries across the Asia-Pacific to join an upcoming peace summit he accused Russia of trying to thwart.