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Russia Launches Strike on Ukraine Energy Infrastructure

Doha: Russian troops delivered a massive overnight strike on infrastructure of energy sites in Ukraine, Russia's Defense Ministry reported. The attack was in response to Ukraine's attacks on civilian facilities on the territory of Russia, the ministry said in a statement.

According to Qatar News Agency, the latest figures report over 1,275 losses in Ukrainian troops in all the frontline areas over the past 24 hours. Russian troops struck storage sites of Ukrainian long-range unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and 150 Ukrainian deployment areas. Russian air defense forces also intercepted and destroyed 207 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles and 11 US-made HIMARS guided aerial bombs over the past day, the ministry reported.

Since the start of the war in February 2022, Russia and Ukraine have been sharing reports of losses from the other side, without confirmation from an independent source.