Russia said on Sunday that its forces launched massive strikes on Ukrainian military targets over the past 24 hours, while Ukraine reported that its troops attacked Russian oil and gas facilities.
The Russian Defense Ministry said in its latest report that the Russian forces launched attacks on Ukrainian drone assembly and launch sites, fuel storage bases, ammunition depots, energy and transport facilities of Ukrainian forces, as well as positions of Ukrainian troops and foreign mercenaries.
The ministry also said that the Russian air forces shot down 405 Ukrainian drones.
On the same day, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine said its troops carried out an overnight strike on the Saratov oil refinery in southwestern Russia. The oil refinery is a key Russian fuel infrastructure with a designed annual refining capacity of seven million tons.
In addition, Ukrainian forces also attacked targets such as an oil pumping station in Russia's Kirov region and a large oil storage facility in Rostov region on the same day.
The operator of the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP) said on Sunday that Ukraine struck a transport workshop at the plant and left six buses and two GAZelle vehiclesdestroyed. No plant personnel were injured, it said.
Meanwhile, Ukrainian drones also struck Enerhodar, the satellite city of the nuclear plant, local authorities said.
Russia's state nuclear corporation Rosatom said on Saturday that a Ukrainian drone hit the turbine island of Unit 6 at the ZNPP, but Ukraine's Southern Defense Forces denied Russia's allegation.
International Atomic Energy Agency Director General Rafael Grossi expressed serious concern over the reported strike, warning that attacks on nuclear facilities are "like playing with fire."
The Zaporizhzhia plant, one of Europe's largest nuclear power facilities, has been under Russian control since March 2022.
Russia reports strikes on Ukrainian military targets, Ukraine claims strikes on Russian energy facilities
