Russia targets industrial and energy facilities in Ukraine with hypersonic missiles

The Russian Ministry of Defense said that it had been implemented "Massive strike" On the Ukrainian military and energy facilities using weapons including Kinzhal hypersonic missiles, in response "Ukrainian terrorist attacks on civilian targets in Russia"

Russian strikes on Ukraine

Prior to that, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky announced that Russian strikes had damaged more than ten civilian facilities in Ukraine and deprived thousands of people of electricity in seven regions.

Zelensky said on social media that he "It is important that everyone now sees what Russia is doing… This is in no way seeking to end the war"stressing that Moscow still aims to "Destroying our country and inflicting the greatest amount of pain on our people"

In central Russia, two people were killed on Saturday in a Ukrainian drone attack targeting the city of Saratov, according to what local authorities announced.
The governor of the Saratov region, Roman Busargin, said that the drones hit a residential building in the city.

Russia-Ukraine war

He wrote on Telegram "Two people were killed (…) and the drone attack resulted in damage to several apartments in the residential building"indicating that the authorities will provide financial assistance to residents whose homes were damaged.

Ukraine has been subjected to almost daily Russian bombing that has affected various parts of its territory since the start of the invasion in February 2022.

Kiev carries out repeated strikes with drones inside Russia, stressing that it primarily targets military infrastructure and energy facilities.