Russia launches sweeping attack on Ukraine's power sector, a sign of possible escalation

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Russia unleashed one of its most devastating attacks against Ukraine's electric sector on Friday, an aerial assault it said was retaliation for recent strikes inside Russia and which could signal an escalation of the war.

Russia unleashed one of its most devastating attacks against Ukraine's electric sector on Friday, an aerial assault it said was retaliation for recent strikes inside Russia and which could signal an escalation of the war just days after President Vladimir Putin cemented his grip on power in a preordained election.

"With Russian missiles, there are no delays, like with aid packages to our state," Zelenskyy said. "It is important to understand the cost of delays and postponed decisions." The day after he declared victory, Putin said Russia would seek to create a buffer zone inside eastern Ukraine to help protect against long-range strikes and cross-border raids.

Volodymyr Kudrytskyi, head of the national utility Ukrenergo, described Friday's barrage as the largest assault on Ukraine's energy infrastructure since the full-scale war began. The huge Dnipro hydroelectric power plant, Ukraine's largest, halted operation after sustaining at least six missile hits that caused massive damage. Ihor Syrota, the head of Ukrhidroenergo company overseeing the country's hydroelectric plants, said it lost about a third of its generation capacity in a "significant loss for the Ukrainian energy system."

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