Fifteen regions and energy infrastructure targeted, Ukraine PM sayspublished at 10:40 British Summer Time
A little while ago, the prime minister of Ukraine gave an update on the scale of Russia’s deadly attacks.
Denys Shmyhal says 15 regions of the country were attacked by Russia, which used drones, cruise missiles and Kinzhal hypersonic missiles.
In a post on the Telegram messaging platform, he adds that the main targets appear to have been Ukraine’s energy infrastructure, reporting damage in a “number of regions”.
Shmyhal says Ukraine’s state-run energy company has been forced to use emergency power cuts to stabilise the grid in the wake of the strikes.
The PM ends his post by repeating Ukraine’s call for western long-range weapon systems and the permission from allies to use them on Russian soil, arguing Ukraine needs to be able to strike at the places where attacks are launched from.
