Russian Air Attack Bombarding Infrastructure Facilities In Ukraine

The impact of the damage caused by the Russian attack on Ukraine/PHOTO via Instagram @zelenskyy_official

JAKARTA - Russian missiles and drones attacked key infrastructure facilities in Ukraine in large airstrikes.

Attacks caused serious damage to three Soviet-era heat power plants, Kyiv officials said.

As reported by Reuters on Wednesday, May 8, the Ukrainian Air Force said they shot down 39 of the 55 missiles and 20 of the 21 strike drones used in the attack.

This condition adds to the pressure on Ukraine's trapped energy system for more than two years since Russia launched a massive invasion.

"Another massive attack on our energy industry!" Energy Minister German Galushchenko wrote on the Telegram app.

Two people were injured in the Kyiv area and one injured in the Kirovograd area, said Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko.

"About 350 rescuers struggled to minimize the damage that occurred to several energy facilities, 30 houses, public transport vehicles, cars and fire stations," he said.

Power and transmission facilities in the Poltava, Kirovograd, Zaporizhia, Lviv, Ivano-Frankivsk, and badminton areas were targeted, Galushchenko said.