WORLD NEWS | Russia hits Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia 17 times an hour, targeting energy infrastructure

Kyiv [Ukraine]Feb. 10 (ANI): Russian missiles hit energy infrastructure in Ukraine’s Zaporozhye on Friday morning, the Kyiv Independent newspaper quoted Zaporozhye city council secretary Anatolii Kurtiev as saying.

According to reports, Russian troops attacked the city 17 times an hour, the most Moscow has launched on Kyiv since the war began.

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The mayor of Kharkiv, Ihor Terekhov, said that Russian troops had also removed key bases in Kharkov by 4 a.m. (local time) today, the Kyiv Independent newspaper reported. facilities as targets.

Details of the attack are still being clarified, officials said. There is no information yet on casualties in Kharkiv or Zaporozhye.

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The Zaporozhye Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP), located on the left bank of the Dnieper River, is the largest nuclear power plant in Europe in terms of number of units and output.

The station and the surrounding area came under the control of Russian forces after the conflict in Ukraine broke out last February and have been shelled several times since.

Russia and Ukraine blamed each other for the attack. (Arnie)

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