A new nighttime offensive by Russian drones has left the city of Ternopil, in western Ukraine, without electricity, a military official said on Tuesday (2), a week after Moscow’s attacks cut power to much of the city and the city. surrounding region.
“Energy workers and rescuers are eliminating the consequences of the attack. Stock up on water, charge your phones”, advised Serhiy Nadal, head of the regional defense headquarters in Ternopil, through a Telegram messaging channel.
The full size of the attack on Ternopil, a major city in western Ukraine, was not immediately clear.
Air raid warnings over the region, of which the municipality is the administrative center, lasted around two and a half hours, starting at around 11:30 pm (local time) on Monday (2).
One person was killed and several were injured in this new drone attack.
A week ago, much of the Ternopil region lost power in Russia’s largest drone attack on Ukraine.
Ternopil is about 220 km east of NATO member Poland. The surrounding region had a population of over a million people before the February 2022 Russian invasion that drove many Ukrainians west.
Understand the War between Russia and Ukraine
Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022 and entered the territory from three fronts: through the Russian border, through Crimea and through Belarus, a country that is a strong ally of the Kremlin. Forces loyal to President Vladimir Putin made significant advances in the first few days, but the Ukrainians managed to maintain control of Kiev, even though the city was also attacked.
The invasion was criticized internationally and the Kremlin was the target of economic sanctions from the West.
In October 2024, after thousands of deaths, the war in Ukraine entered what analysts describe as its most dangerous moment yet.
Tensions rose when Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered the use of an intermediate-range hypersonic missile during an attack on Ukrainian soil. The projectile carried conventional warheads, but is capable of carrying nuclear material.
The launch took place after Ukraine launched an offensive inside Russian territory using weapons manufactured by Western powers, such as the United States, the United Kingdom and France.
Western intelligence reports that Russia is using North Korean troops in the conflict in Ukraine. Moscow and Pyongyang neither deny nor confirm the report.
President Vladimir Putin, who replaced his defense minister in May, has said that Russian forces are advancing much more effectively — and that Russia will achieve all of its objectives in Ukraine, although he did not elaborate.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has said he believes Putin’s main goals are to occupy the entire Donbass region, encompassing the Donetsk and Luhansk regions, and to expel Ukrainian troops from Russia’s Kursk region, which they have controlled parts of since August. .
This content was originally published in New Russian attack on Ukraine’s electricity leaves parts of Ternopil without power on the CNN Brasil website.
Source: CNN Brasil
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