Night attack on Kryvyi Rih
On the night of 17 October, Russians launched another drone strike on Ukrainian territory.
The most intense attack took place on Kryvyi Rih, where there was Civilian infrastructure was damaged.
This was announced by the President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, who reacted to the shelling in his evening address.
«Russia has attacked Ukraine again with drones. This time, Kryvyi Rih was hit - the enemy struck at the city's civilian infrastructure» Zelensky said.
“Not a single night without a bump”
The President stressed that The enemy is waging systemic terror against Ukraine's energy infrastructure, The Russian government is trying to undermine the country's resilience before winter.
«In fact, these weeks there hasn't been a single night without Russian strikes in Ukraine. Most of the targets are infrastructure. This is a systemic terror against our energy sector,» the Head of State said.
Context.
In recent weeks Russian troops intensify attacks on energy facilities in different regions of Ukraine, including Poltava, Kharkiv, Chernihiv and Kyiv.
According to Ukrenergo, the damage to the power system reached the highest level since the beginning of autumn, and in some regions have already introduced emergency shutdown schedules.
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