A transformer, destroyed in a Russian strike, at a Ukrenergo substation in March 2023. Photograph: Emile Ducke/The New York TimesUkraine's national grid operator Ukrenergo said the attack damaged energy facilities in the eastern Donetsk, southeastern Zaporizhzhia, and Dnipropetrovsk regions, central Kyrovohrad region, and Ivano-Frankivsk region in the west.
Ukrainian air defence shot down 35 of 53 Russian missiles and 46 of 47 Russian drones, the air force commander said.Wars have been a constant of the human race, and they usually end the same way – from exhaustion DTEK, Ukraine’s largest private energy-generating company, said that during the attack its two thermal power plants had been hit and equipment “seriously damaged”.