Russia claims it has disrupted Ukraine’s power grid and weapons supplies with a massive strike

Russia announced on Monday that it had launched a massive attack on Ukraine, which it claimed had disrupted electricity supplies and rail transport of weapons and ammunition to front-line positions.

Ukrainian officials claimed earlier that Russia launched over 100 missiles, and approximately 100 drones of attack at Ukraine during morning rush hour.

At least five people killed

And striking energy plants nationwide.

In a press release, the Russian Defence Ministry stated that missiles were fired from air and sea. It also said that gas compressor stations and electricity substations had been hit in three Ukrainian regions.

The ministry stated that "this morning, the Russian Federation's armed forces launched a massive attack using long-range precision weapons and aircrafts with tactical and operational aviation as well as unmanned aerial vehicles to target critical energy infrastructure supporting the military-industrial complex of Ukraine."

It said that Russia also destroyed storage facilities at two airfields, which held aircraft ammunition supplied to Kyiv from Western countries.

The statement stated that "all designated targets were struck, resulting a disruption of the electricity supply as well as the rail transport of weapons and ammo to the line-of-contact." Reporting by Andrew Osborn Editing Guy Faulconbridge

(source: Reuters)