US EditionRussian attacks target nuclear substations, kill seven, Ukraine says
Russia launched over 450 drones and 45 missiles in a coordinated strike, killing seven and causing outages at substations supplying two Ukrainian nuclear plants, officials said.
- On Saturday, Russia launched a barrage overnight targeting substations supplying the Khmelnytskyi and Rivne nuclear power plants, killing seven people, while Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Russia deployed more than 450 drones and 45 missiles.
- Moscow said it launched "a massive strike" with high-precision long-range air, ground and sea-based weapons in response to Kyiv's strikes, as the war Russia launched in February 2022 continued.
- The Ukrainian air force reported 406 Russian drones and nine missiles shot down overnight into Saturday, with three killed in Dnipro and one in Kharkiv region.
- Energy minister Svitlana Hrynchuk said blackouts in Kharkiv and Poltava persisted, and `We are assessing the aftermath and coordinating what actions to take in order to find alternative power sources to ensure people get their power and heating back`.
- Diplomatic appeals escalated as Andrii Sybiha, Ukraine's deputy chief of staff, called for an urgent IAEA meeting and urged China and India to pressure Russia, while Zelenskyy demanded tougher sanctions.
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Putin attacked Ukraine with hundreds of drones, targeting exactly what he had already destroyed.
Russian attacks target nuclear substations, kill seven, Ukraine says
Russia launched a barrage of drones and missiles in overnight attacks on Ukraine, targeting substations that supply two nuclear power plants and killing seven people, Ukrainian officials said on Saturday.
Russia attacked stations that supply power to Ukraine's two nuclear power plants overnight. Ukrainian Foreign Minister Sybiha said this on X. He called on the UN nuclear agency IAEA to hold an emergency meeting to address the "unacceptable risks." There have been no reports that the nuclear power plants themselves suffered malfunctions as a result of the attacks. According to Sybiha, the attacks were targeted on the nuclear power plant stations.…
Russia targeted substations powering nuclear plants during large-scale overnight energy attacks, Sybiha says
Russian forces targeted energy substations that power the Khmelnytskyi and Rivne nuclear power plants overnight on Nov. 7-8, amid its large-scale attack on Ukraine's energy infrastructure, Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha said.
On the night of November 8, the Russian Federation struck the substations that provide electricity to the Khmelnytsky and Rivne nuclear power plants.
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