World News / 27 August 2024
A targeted strike
Russia has launched one of its biggest air attacks on Ukraine overnight, targeting its power grid and killing 6 people. Reports say hundreds of drones struck at least 15 regions across the country, including the capital Kyiv, causing mass blackouts and placing the entire nation under air-raid alert. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky called the attack “sneaky” because it was aimed at “critical civilian infrastructure.” Reports say Ukraine was “braced” for an attack as its forces continue to advance inside Russia. The strikes are the second major escalation of a world conflict in 2 days, after tensions between Israel and Lebanon-based terror group Hezbollah boiled over on Sunday. Reports say both sides appear to have cooled their jets for now, but the situation is being “closely monitored” by the US as ceasefire talks continue between Israel and Hamas over the war in Gaza.
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