Russia launched a massive wave of deadly attacks on Ukraine overnight Thursday and Friday using more than 90 missiles and 60 Iranian-made drones, President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Friday, calling it one of the biggest attacks in recent memory.
More than 60 Iranian Shahed drones and almost 90 missiles of various types were used in the attack, he said.
"The world can see the targets of Russian terrorists as clearly as possible: power plants and energy supply lines, a hydroelectric dam, ordinary residential buildings, even a trolleybus," said Zelenski.
The Ukrainian Ministry of the Interior announced that at least two people were killed and 14 injured in the attacks, while three were missing.
"All our services are now involved in eliminating the consequences of the attack. We are using robotic equipment in dangerous areas to minimize injuries to rescuers," the statement said.
Zelenski once again appealed for more Western weapons to be sent.
"Russian missiles are not late, like aid packages to our country. The 'martyrs' are not indecisive, like some politicians. It is important to understand the cost of delay and postponing decisions," he said.
"We need air defense to protect people, infrastructure, homes and dams. Our partners know exactly what is needed. They can definitely support us... Life must be protected from these inhumans from Moscow."
In one of the strikes on Friday, one of the two power lines supplying Europe's largest nuclear power plant in southeastern Ukraine was cut.
"The enemy is now carrying out the biggest attack on Ukraine's energy industry in recent times," Energy Minister German Galushchenko said on Facebook, adding that the shelling knocked down "one of the power lines that supply" the power plant in Zaporozhye.
The Zaporozhye power plant, the largest nuclear power plant in Europe, was seized by Russian troops in the early days of the war, but it is powered by Ukrainian power lines.
"Extremely dangerous situation"
"This situation is extremely dangerous" and carries with it the risk of causing an accident, Ukrainian nuclear energy operator Energoatom said.
In the event of an interruption of the power supply through the transmission line, the power plant will be "on the verge of another blackout, which represents a serious violation of the conditions for the safe operation of the power plant."
Since the beginning of the war, the Zaporizhia power plant has suffered multiple power outages and had to rely on diesel generators and emergency safety systems.
"If they are scheduled, there will be a threat of a nuclear and radiation accident," Energoatom announced.
Attack on residential buildings, trolleybus hit...
According to the governor of Zaporozhye, 12 Russian missiles hit the region early Friday, destroying several houses and injuring an unknown number of people.
"According to the first reports, seven houses were destroyed, 35 were damaged," wrote Ivan Fedorov on Telegram, adding that there were injured people.
Petro Andryushchenko, an adviser to the Ukrainian mayor of the city of Mariupol, which has been under Russian control since 2022, wrote on Telegram that a Russian rocket hit a trolleybus at the Dnieper hydroelectric plant, also in Zaporozhye, killing civilians traveling on it.
Oleksandr Simchyshyn, mayor of Khmelnytskyi in western Ukraine, described a "terrible morning" with infrastructure damaged and residential buildings affected.
"There are victims and victims among civilians," he wrote on Telegram.
The Ministry of the Interior announced that two were killed and eight were injured in the region.
On Friday, energy facilities were targeted by Russian rockets, drones and artillery in several cities across Ukraine, including Kharkiv, Zaporozhye, Vinnytsia, Khmelnytskyi and Kryvyi Rih.
"The goal is not only to damage it, but to try again, like last year, to cause major breakdowns in the country's energy system," said Energy Minister Galushchenko.
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