{"id":5988,"date":"2024-11-29T15:43:39","date_gmt":"2024-11-29T20:43:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/guardianglobe.org\/?p=5988"},"modified":"2024-11-29T15:43:40","modified_gmt":"2024-11-29T20:43:40","slug":"russia-launches-major-attack-on-ukraines-energy-infrastructure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/guardianglobe.org\/?p=5988","title":{"rendered":"Russia Launches Major Attack on Ukraine&#8217;s Energy Infrastructure"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Russia launched a significant attack on <strong>Ukraine&#8217;s energy infrastructure<\/strong> on Thursday, leaving over <strong>one million households without power<\/strong>, according to Ukrainian officials. This marks the second large-scale strike on Ukraine\u2019s power grid in less than two weeks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The assault, involving over <strong>200 missiles and drones<\/strong>, targeted multiple regions across Ukraine, with <strong>emergency power outages<\/strong> implemented nationwide. Areas hit include <strong>Lviv<\/strong>, <strong>Rivne<\/strong>, <strong>Volyn<\/strong>, and <strong>Ivano Frankivsk<\/strong>, as reported by The Associated Press.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Zelenskyy Denounces &#8220;Insidious Escalation&#8221;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Ukrainian President <strong>Volodymyr Zelenskyy<\/strong> condemned the strikes, noting that <strong>Kalibr cruise missiles<\/strong> equipped with <strong>cluster munitions<\/strong> were used, impacting civilian targets. Calling the attack an \u201c<strong>insidious escalation<\/strong>,\u201d Zelenskyy urged <strong>Western nations<\/strong> to expedite the delivery of promised air defense systems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cEach such attack proves that air defense systems are needed now in Ukraine, where they save lives, and not at storage bases,\u201d Zelenskyy stated on Telegram.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Winter Warfare Tactics<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Andrii Yermak<\/strong>, head of Ukraine&#8217;s presidential office, accused Russia of <strong>stockpiling missiles<\/strong> for a strategic winter offensive, with alleged assistance from allies such as <strong>North Korea<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Russia\u2019s attacks during the winter months aim to deprive Ukrainian civilians of <strong>heat and clean water<\/strong>, while also disrupting the production of <strong>military assets<\/strong>, including <strong>missiles<\/strong>, <strong>drones<\/strong>, and <strong>armored vehicles<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Significant Damage to Ukraine&#8217;s Energy Grid<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>In the nearly three years since the war began, <strong>Russia has destroyed almost half<\/strong> of Ukraine&#8217;s energy infrastructure, leaving the country vulnerable to such attacks, especially during the harsh winter season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Global Response<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The international community continues to monitor the escalating crisis, as Zelenskyy\u2019s appeal for air defense systems underscores Ukraine\u2019s pressing need for support to protect its energy and civilian infrastructure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Russia launched a significant attack on Ukraine&#8217;s energy infrastructure on Thursday, leaving over one million households without power, according to Ukrainian officials. This marks the second large-scale strike on Ukraine\u2019s power grid in less than two weeks. The assault, involving over 200 missiles and drones, targeted multiple regions across Ukraine, with emergency power outages implemented<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":5989,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[2444,1554,3118,200,197,1196],"class_list":{"0":"post-5988","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-politics","8":"tag-energy-infrastructure","9":"tag-missile-attack","10":"tag-power-outages","11":"tag-russia","12":"tag-ukraine","13":"tag-zelenskyy"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/guardianglobe.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5988"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/guardianglobe.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/guardianglobe.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/guardianglobe.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/guardianglobe.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5988"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/guardianglobe.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5988\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5990,"href":"https:\/\/guardianglobe.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5988\/revisions\/5990"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/guardianglobe.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/5989"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/guardianglobe.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5988"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/guardianglobe.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5988"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/guardianglobe.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5988"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}