Zelenskyy Orders Strikes Inside Russia After Attacks

Ukrainian and Russian forces have escalated aerial attacks in recent weeks, with Russia targeting Ukraine's energy and transport systems, while Ukraine attacks Russian oil refineries and pipelines.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has ordered more strikes deep inside Russia following Russian drone attacks on energy facilities in northern and southern Ukraine. These attacks left approximately 60,000 consumers without electricity.

Zelenskyy stated that new deep strikes have been planned, following a meeting with the chief of the Ukrainian armed forces, Oleksandr Syrsky. Ukraine's largest private energy supplier, DTEK, reported that Russian drones attacked four energy facilities in the Odesa region, leaving 29,000 people without electricity.

In the Chernihiv region of northern Ukraine, Russian drones destroyed energy infrastructure, leaving 30,000 households without power.

The Ukrainian military announced that Russia attacked Ukraine with 142 drones overnight, with air defenses shooting down 126 of them.