The exchange of fire has intensified in the early days of Trump’s new term as Moscow and Kaif jockey for leverage.
A drone and missile attack on the southeastern Ukrainian city of Zaporizhzhia killed one person and wounded at least 24, regional officials said, blaming Russia for the attack.
The overnight attack left more than 20,000 residents without power and 17,000 without heat, according to Governor Ivan Fedorov, who said an energy facility had been destroyed.
He added that a 47-year-old man was killed in the attack and the injured included at least four emergency workers as well as a two-month-old baby.
“Residential buildings…were damaged by the strike. The blast wave shattered windows and damaged a roof,” Fedorov told Telegram. but said
Later, the Ukrainian military said it had shot down 57 of the 92 drones launched by Russian forces in an overnight attack, adding that another 27 were “locally lost” and unharmed. arrived
Thursday’s deadly strike was the latest in a rapid exchange in southern Ukraine, as both Moscow and Kiev vie for leverage in the early days of US President Donald Trump’s administration.
On Wednesday, Trump stepped up pressure on Vladimir Putin to sign a peace deal with Ukraine, threatening tough economic measures if Moscow does not agree to end the nearly three-year-old war.
Before his inauguration on Monday, Trump pledged to immediately end the war in Ukraine after taking office, raising expectations that he would use aid to force Kiev to make concessions to Russia. Gaye, who attacked in February 2022.
Zaporizhzhia has come under heavy fire in the past 24 hours, with an estimated 361 attacks, including four ballistic missiles, Al Jazeera’s Imran Khan, reporting from Kiev, said.
“The main concern now is people who are without power. It’s the middle of winter,” Khan said.
Earlier, Russian officials stationed in the partially occupied Zaporizhzhia region said at least four Ukrainian drones attacked Enerhodar, a town whose residents mostly serve at the Russian-held Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant. give
According to reports, two electricity substations near Enrhodar have been affected. There were no casualties and no details of the damage were provided.
Russia seized Europe’s largest nuclear plant with six reactors in the early days of the war, and each side has since accused the other of periodically attacking the facility.
“This is a terrorist act,” Russia’s installed acting mayor Maxim Pokha told Russia’s RIA news agency, adding that civil infrastructure and residential areas had been affected. “Peaceful citizens should not be subjected to such an attack in any way.”
