{"id":2331299,"date":"2024-08-26T18:54:48","date_gmt":"2024-08-26T22:54:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/russia-hits-ukraine-with-massive-attack-targeting-most-of-the-country\/"},"modified":"2024-08-26T19:02:43","modified_gmt":"2024-08-26T23:02:43","slug":"russia-hits-ukraine-with-massive-attack-targeting-most-of-the-country","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/russia-hits-ukraine-with-massive-attack-targeting-most-of-the-country\/","title":{"rendered":"Russia Hits Ukraine with Massive Attack Targeting &#8216;Most of the Country&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Frussia-hits-ukraine-with-massive-attack-targeting-most-of-the-country%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2331299&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>On Monday, Russia launched a significant missile and\u200c drone attack on Ukraine, resulting in four fatalities and numerous injuries while \u200bdamaging vital energy infrastructure. \u2064This barrage, involving \u200bover 100 \u2063missiles and an equal number of\u2062 drones,\u200c targeted multiple regions across Ukraine, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-there-will-be-costs-for-americans-here-at-home-as-a-result-of-my-foreign-policy-decisions\/\" title=\"Biden: There Will Be \u2018Costs\u2019 For Americans \u2018Here At Home\u2019 As A Result Of My Foreign Policy Decisions\">including major cities<\/a> \u2063like Kyiv, Kharkiv, and Odesa.\u2062 Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy condemned\u2062 the attack as &#8220;vile,&#8221; \u200bemphasizing that critical civilian \u2063infrastructure\u2063 was primarily targeted.<\/p>\n<p>In response to\u2062 the \u200cextensive assault that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/report-chinese-hackers-caused-power-outages-for-millions-of-indians\/\" title=\"Report: Chinese Hackers Caused Power Outages for Millions of Indians\">caused power outages<\/a> and water supply\u200b disruptions in Kyiv, Ukraine&#8217;s officials, including Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal, urged for long-range \u200cweapon support from allies to counter the ongoing threats. They reported that emergency power cuts were necessary\u2063 to stabilize the national grid after the strikes on\u2064 energy facilities.<\/p>\n<p>As the situation escalated, Polish and NATO air defenses were activated in response to the missile attacks, while Russia also reported a \u2064Ukrainian drone strike in its territories, further intensifying the ongoing conflict between the two nations. International concerns over the potential implications of the hostilities, including risks to nuclear facilities, have grown as the fighting continues.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> <script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Russia battered much of Ukraine on Monday, firing scores of missiles and drones that killed four people, injured more than a dozen and damaged energy facilities in attacks that President Volodymyr Zelenskyy described as &ldquo;vile.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The barrage of over 100 missiles and a similar number of drones began around midnight and continued through daybreak in what appeared to be Russia&rsquo;s biggest onslaught in weeks.<\/p>\n<p>Ukraine&rsquo;s Air Force said swarms of Russian drones fired at eastern, northern, southern, and central regions were followed by volleys of cruise and ballistic missiles.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Like most previous Russian strikes, this one was just as vile, targeting critical civilian infrastructure,&rdquo; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/tucker-carlson-interview-zelenskyy-previously-avoided-former-fox-news-host-trying-two-years\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Zelenskyy<\/a> said, adding that most of the country was targeted &mdash; from the Kharkiv region and Kyiv to Odesa and the west.<\/p>\n<p>Explosions were heard in the capital of Kyiv. Power and water supplies in the city were disrupted by the attack, Mayor Vitali Klitschko said.<\/p>\n<p>  <script> \t\t\t\tif( ! getCookie( 'ff_subbed' ) ) if( typeof FFADS.replace_ict !='undefined' ) if( FFADS.replace_ict ) eval( FFADS.replace_ict ); \t\t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal said <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/ap-russian-prison-rocked-deadly-isis-linked-uprising\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Russia<\/a> fired drones, cruise missiles and hypersonic ballistic Kinzhal missiles at 15 Ukrainian regions &mdash; more than half the country.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The energy infrastructure has once again become the target of Russian <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/ap-dnc-invites-hundreds-influencers-win-young-voters-turns-ones-terrorist-sympathizer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">terrorists<\/a>,&rdquo; Shmyhal said, adding that the state-owned power grid operator, Ukrenergo, has been forced to implement emergency power cuts to stabilize the system.<\/p>\n<p>He urged Ukraine&rsquo;s allies to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/ap-us-sending-military-aid-ukraine-much-itll-cost-taxpayers-time\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">provide it with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/heres-why-a-no-fly-zone-over-ukraine-wont-work\/\" title=\"Here\u2019s Why A No-Fly Zone Over Ukraine Won\u2019t Work\">long-range weapons<\/a><\/a> and permission to use them on targets inside Russia.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;In order to stop the barbaric shelling of Ukrainian cities, it is necessary to destroy the place from which the Russian missiles are launched,&rdquo; Shmyhal said. &ldquo;We count on the support of our allies and will definitely make Russia pay.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The Russian Defense Ministry said the attacks used &ldquo;long-range precision air- and sea-based weapons and strike drones against critical energy infrastructure facilities that support the operation of Ukraine&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/joe-hoft-from-tgp-presents-at-transform-washington-on-january-6-web-conference-video\/\" title=\"Joe Hoft from TGP Presents at \u201cTransform Washington on January 6\u201d Web conference (VIDEO)\">military-industrial complex<\/a>. All designated targets were hit.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>At least four people were killed &mdash; one in the western city of Lutsk, one in the central Dnipropetrovsk region, one in Zhytomyr in the country&rsquo;s center, and one in the partially occupied Zaporizhzhia region in the southeast, local officials said. Thirteen others were wounded &mdash; one in the Kyiv region that surrounds the capital, five in Lutsk, three in the southern Mykolaiv region and four in the neighboring Odesa region.<\/p>\n<p>Blackouts and damage to civilian infrastructure and residential buildings were reported from the region of Sumy in the east, to the Mykolaiv and Odesa regions in the south, to the region of Rivne in the west.<\/p>\n<p>In Sumy, a province in the east that borders Russia, local administration said that 194 settlements lost power, while 19 others had a partial blackout.<\/p>\n<p>The private energy company DTEK introduced emergency blackouts, saying in a statement that &ldquo;energy workers throughout the country work 24\/7 to restore light in the homes of Ukrainians.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>In the wake of the barrage and the power cuts, officials across Ukraine were ordered to open &ldquo;points of invincibility&rdquo; &mdash; shelter-type places where people can charge their phones and other devices and get refreshments during blackouts, Shmyhal said. Such points were first opened in the fall of 2022, when Russia targeted Ukraine&rsquo;s energy infrastructure with weekly barrages.<\/p>\n<p>In neighboring Poland, the military said Polish and NATO air defenses were activated in the eastern part of the country as a result of the attack.<\/p>\n<p>In Russia, meanwhile, officials reported a Ukrainian drone attack overnight.<\/p>\n<p>Four people were injured in the central region of Saratov, where drones hit residential buildings in two cities. One drone struck a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/zelensky-says-peace-talks-close-to-collapse-as-battle-rages-in-the-east\/\" title=\"Zelensky Says Peace Talks Close to Collapse as Battle Rages in the East\">residential high-rise<\/a> in the city of Saratov, and another hit a residential building in the city of Engels, home to a military airfield that had been attacked before, local officials said.<\/p>\n<p>Russia&rsquo;s Defense Ministry said a total of 22 Ukrainian drones were intercepted overnight and in the morning over eight provinces, including the Saratov and Yaroslavl regions in central Russia.<\/p>\n<p>Russia also said its troops had fended off Ukrainian attempts to advance on half a dozen settlements in the Kursk region, where Ukraine launched an incursion on Aug. 6 that caught Russia off-guard.<\/p>\n<p>The fighting in the region has raised concerns about the nuclear power plant there. International Atomic Energy Agency chief Rafael Grossi said he would visit the plant Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-style: italic;\">The Western Journal has reviewed this Associated Press story and may have altered it prior to publication to ensure that it meets our editorial standards.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\">  <\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> <label>* Name<\/label> <br \/> <input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> <\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> <label>* <\/label> <br \/> <input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> <\/div>\n<p> <label>* Message<\/label> <br \/> <textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea>  <\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> <input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\">  <\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> <script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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President Volodymyr Zelenskyy condemned the attacks as &#8220;vile.&#8221; The offensive involved more than 100 missiles and an equal number of drones, starting around midnight and persisting into the morning\u2014marking one of Russia&#8217;s largest attacks in recent weeks. Ukrainian Air Force officials reported that waves of Russian drones targeted various regions across eastern, northern, southern, and central Ukraine before being followed by cruise and ballistic missile strikes.<\/p>\n<p>Zelenskyy noted that this attack was similar to previous ones in its brutality, specifically targeting essential civilian infrastructure throughout much of the country\u2014from Kharkiv to Kyiv to Odesa. Explosions were audible in Kyiv itself; Mayor Vitali Klitschko confirmed disruptions to power and water supplies due to the assault.<\/p>\n<p>Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal stated that Russia targeted 15 regions with drones, cruise missiles, and hypersonic Kinzhal missiles\u2014affecting more than half of Ukraine. He emphasized that Russian forces had once again aimed at energy infrastructure while calling for long-range weapon support from allies for use against targets within Russia. Shmyhal asserted the need to eliminate launch sites for Russian missiles to halt ongoing bombardments.<\/p>\n<p>The Russian Defense Ministry claimed their strikes utilized &#8220;long-range precision air- and sea-based weapons&#8221; against critical energy facilities supporting Ukraine&#8217;s military-industrial complex. Local officials reported at least four deaths: one each in Lutsk (west), Dnipropetrovsk (central), Zhytomyr (central), and Zaporizhzhia (southeast). Thirteen others sustained injuries across various regions including Kyiv.<\/p>\n<p>Reports indicated widespread blackouts affecting numerous settlements from Sumy in the east through Mykolaiv and Odesa in the south up to Rivne in the west. In Sumy alone, local authorities noted power outages impacting 194 settlements with additional partial blackouts elsewhere. The private company DTEK announced emergency blackouts while assuring efforts were underway nationwide to restore electricity.<\/p>\n<p>In response to these attacks and subsequent power outages, Ukrainian officials initiated &#8220;points of invincibility,&#8221; which serve as shelters where citizens can charge devices during blackouts\u2014a measure first implemented during earlier assaults on energy infrastructure last fall.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Poland activated its military air defenses following these events due to heightened tensions from potential threats stemming from Ukraine\u2019s situation. In contrast within Russia itself, officials reported a drone attack attributed to Ukraine resulting in injuries among residents when drones struck buildings in Saratov region cities; they claimed interception of multiple Ukrainian drones overnight across several provinces.<\/p>\n<p>Concerns regarding fighting near nuclear facilities have also arisen; International Atomic Energy Agency chief Rafael Grossi is scheduled for a visit there soon amid escalating tensions following incursions into Kursk region by Ukrainian forces since early August<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2331300,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Ukraine.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[5237,39347,4133,4280,6991],"class_list":["post-2331299","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-conflict","tag-military-attack","tag-news","tag-russia","tag-ukraine"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Ukraine.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2331299","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2331299"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2331299\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2331300"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2331299"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2331299"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2331299"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}