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  27 Apr 2024, 13:54

Two wounded in Ukraine after 'massive' Russian attack

KYIV, Ukraine, April 27, 2024 (BSS/AFP) - Two people were wounded after

Russia launched a "massive attack" on energy infrastructure in Ukraine
overnight from Friday to Saturday, Kyiv's armed forces and local authorities
said.

Moscow fired 34 missiles, of which 21 were shot down, Ukraine's armed forces
said.

"Russian armed forces staged another massive missile attack on Ukraine," the
army said in its regular morning update.

An 82-year-old woman and a 39-year-old man were wounded, Oleksandr Vilkul,
president of the defence council of the central city of Kryvyi Rih, said on
Telegram.

"The enemy used various types of missiles, including ballistic missiles, and
Kharkiv, Kherson, Dnipro, Zaporizhzhia, Lviv and Ivano-Frankivsk regions were
hit," the army said.

"Some of the missiles were destroyed by Ukrainian air defence. Several people
were wounded, no deaths reported so far."

The DTEK electric company said four of its thermal power plants suffered
damage.