This night, 34 Russian missiles targeted Ukraine. We managed to intercept a portion of them. - Ukrainian President Voldoymyr Zelenskyy
The enemy against massively shelled the Ukrainian energy facilities. At this very moment, energy workers are trying to eliminate the consequences of the attack. - DTEK, Ukrainian private energy firm
Facilities in the western Lviv and Ivano-Frankivsk regions in western Ukraine were among those targeted. Lviv and Ivano-Frankivsk are far away from eastern Ukraine, where the frontline fighting is underway. - Ukrainian Energy Minister German Galushchenko
Russia contends that Ukrainian energy infrastructure is a valid military target. The missile barrage comes ahead of May 9, when Russia commemorates the Soviet victory over Nazi Germany in 1945.
The strikes also come as Ukraine waits for the arrival of US arms after US President Joe Biden signed off on a $61 billion (around 57 billion) aid package.
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