Russia hits Ukraine's energy infrastructure with barrage of drones, missiles, Zelenskiy says
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- Reuters
- Published Date: 12:04 | 26 February 2026
- Modified Date: 12:11 | 26 February 2026
Russia launched 420 drones and 39 missiles to attack Ukraine's energy sector and other critical infrastructure overnight on Thursday, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said. Zelenskiy said that dozens of people, including children, were wounded and damage was registered in eight Ukrainian regions. Moscow's forces also targeted gas infrastructure in the Poltava region and electricity substations in the Kyiv and Dnipro regions, he said.
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