Achi news desk-
Ukraine hit two Russian military ships located on the illegally occupied Crimean peninsula, the Ukrainian military said on Sunday. The targets were the the Yamal and Azov landing ships, a communications center, and other Black Sea fleet infrastructure. “This was the most massive attack in recent times,” said the Russian-appointed governor of Sevastopol, Mikhail Razvozhayev. He said a 65-year-old man was killed and four people were injured. Pictures shared on social media showed a large explosion in the city, sending a fireball and black smoke into the sky.
Poland said it would demand an explanation from Moscow after a Russian missile violated Polish airspace during a missile attack on Ukraine. Ashifa Kassam writes. As a result, NATO member Poland put its forces on heightened alert. “Above all, we call on the Russian Federation to stop the terrorist air attacks on the residents and territory of Ukraine, end the war, and address the country’s internal problems,” a statement said. by the Polish foreign ministry.
After the breach of Polish airspace, the US ambassador to Ukraine, Bridget Brink, said Russia “continues to indiscriminately launch drones and missiles without regard for millions of civilians, in violation of international law”.
An underground gas storage (UGS) site in Ukraine It was attacked on Sunday as Russian missile strikes on power facilities continued and rolling blackouts occurred. Ukraine’s state-run energy company Naftogaz reported the attack on the gas storage site, but added that gas supplies to consumers had not been affected. Most of UkraineThere is gas storage capacity in the western part of the country and it can store around 30bn cubic meters of gas.
Ukraine’s ministry of energy and distributors said that Ukraine has increasing electricity imports and stopping exports after the recent Russian attacks where the largest energy producer, DTEK, it lost 50% of its capacity. Russia attacked Ukrainian production and transmission facilities on Friday, causing significant blackouts in several regions, and energy facilities in three Ukrainian regions were also attacked early on Sunday.
Zelenskiy said, in his nightly video address on Sunday more than 200,000 residents of Kharkiv, a frequent target of Russian attacks, were without reliable power. The network had been restored elsewhere, he said. Zelenskiy said that “strict schedules” for the use of power are in force in Kharkiv. DTEK, the largest private power company, said blackouts had been imposed at the port of Odesa.
Serhiy Kovalenko, the head of distribution company Yasno, said that Russia has done just that attacking two parts of the energy system – production and distribution – hitting thermal and hydropower plants. “The enemy hit hard at grid nodes and transformers,” he said. The energy ministry said Russia attempted on Sunday to destroy a critical energy infrastructure facility in the Lviv region of western Ukraine. Equipment caught fire and the facility lost power. Power lines in the Kyiv region were damaged and 1,400 homes in two settlements lost power.
Russia said on Sunday that air defenses responded to 22 Vampire missiles are launched by Ukraine in the Belgorod region of Russia.
