In recent weeks, Russian strikes have targeted 80% of Ukrainian thermal power plants and half of hydroelectric power plants, the Ukrainian Minister of Energy reported on Monday April 8, denouncing “the greatest attack” against the country’s energy sector. The ministry’s press service stressed to AFP that thermal power plants had been “damaged” by these strikes without however being able to specify the level of damage caused. Follow our live stream.
Mutual accusations against a backdrop of nuclear risk. Ukraine has rejected Russia’s claims about a strike on a reactor at the Zaporizhia nuclear power plant. On Sunday, the management of the plant, occupied by Russian troops since 2022, wrote on social networks that “Ukrainian armed forces attacked the dome of reactor No. 6 of the Zaporizhia nuclear power plant”. Russia has “hit the Zaporizhia power plant with its drones and claims that the threat to the plant and to nuclear security came from Ukraine”responds the Ukrainian government center for the fight against disinformation, Monday on Telegram.
Three dead in the Zaporizhia region. Three people were killed during Russian bombings in the Ukrainian region of Zaporizhia, already hit by deadly strikes the day before, local authorities announced Monday. Three other people were injured, the head of the regional administration said on the Telegram social network. According to him, Russian forces struck “357 times” in 24 hours in the region, partly occupied by Russia since 2022.
A new salvo of Russian drones targets Ukraine. According to the General Staff of the Ukrainian army, anti-aircraft defense shot down 17 of the 24 drones launched by Russian forces against its territory during the night from Sunday to Monday.
kyiv reiterates the urgency of American aid. Ukraine “will lose the war” if American aid of 60 billion dollars remains blocked in Congress due to opposition from Republicans, Volodymyr Zelensky warned again on Sunday, during a videoconference exchange with ambassadors of the Ukrainian government’s fundraising platform, United24.