Ukraine has been trying to restore power to the capital Kyiv since Tuesday after the latest wave of Russian missile attacks caused more power cuts due to the accumulation of winter frosts and plummeting temperatures.
Nearly half the country’s power system has already been damaged after months of attacks on electricity infrastructure, leaving thousands of homes without electricity or heating in below-freezing temperatures.
On the other hand, video images published on social networks showed a large explosion following a drone strike in the Russian region of Kursk near the border with Ukraine, which set fire to an oil storage tank at an airfield. The attack comes a day after two other alleged Ukrainian attacks on Russian military airfields in an attempt to thwart the Kremlin’s strategy to shut down the Ukrainian power grid. However, the United States has warned Ukraine against attacking beyond its borders.
Ned Price said, “We have not provided Ukraine with weapons that they are going to use on Russian soil, we have been very clear, these are defensive supplies. The US President has been very clear with Ukraine that it should not be allowed to move beyond its borders.” Don’t attack.” Told. , US State Department spokesman.
In Moscow, President Putin reportedly raised the recent attacks during a meeting on Russia’s internal security with his Security Council.
