Russia Pounds Ukrainian Power Facilities, Kyiv Says

Published on March 22, 2024

KYIV—Russia pounded Ukrainian power facilities on Friday in an attack described by Kyiv as the largest airstrike on its energy infrastructure in two years of war, and portrayed by Moscow as revenge for Ukrainian attacks during its presidential election. The missile and drone attack hit a vast dam over the Dnipro river, killed at least five people, and left more than a million others without power, forcing Kyiv to seek emergency electricity supplies from Poland, Romania, and Slovakia, Kyiv officials said. The Russian defence ministry said the airstrike was carried out in retaliation for Ukrainian shelling and cross-border raids last week as Russians took part in an election that handed President Vladimir Putin a fifth term....