Kyiv reports that Russia has hit energy facilities in six Ukrainian regions.

Ukrainian officials reported on Wednesday that Russian airstrikes have hit energy and critical infrastructure in nine Ukrainian provinces over the last 24 hours.

The energy ministry announced on Telegram that there were attacks against energy facilities in western Lviv, Sumy, Kharkiv, Donetsk, Donetsk East, Dnipropetrovsk Central, Mykolaiv, in the South, and Donetsk.

The Ministry did not give any additional information on the extent of damage caused to the grid by Russian airstrikes.

The full-scale Russian invasion of February 2022.

Ukraine's Air Force said that it shot down seven of the 13 missiles as well as 22 of the 29 drones in the country when Russia launched its aerial assault.

Ukrenergo, the Ukrainian grid operator, announced on Telegram that it would increase emergency cutoffs Wednesday after a Russian air strike against the energy sector. It cited reduced generating capacity.

Air force command said that Russian missiles also targeted critical infrastructure in western Ukraine, in Ivano-Frankivsk and Ternopil, as well as Volyn. These areas are far away from the main battlefronts of the east and south.

Overnight, Russian drones killed at least ten people

seven people

Local officials reported that a fire in Lviv damaged historic buildings in the center of the city. Lviv is located near the border of NATO member Poland.

On Tuesday, Russia attacked a military institution

in Poltava

At least 50 people have been killed. (Reporting and editing by Alex Richardson, Mark Heinrich, and Anastasiia malenko)

(source: Reuters)