Russia said Sunday that its forces hit several Ukrainian vessels at sea, while Ukraine reported that it had destroyed more than 1,000 Russian drones.
In its daily briefing, the Russian Defense Ministry said that Russian forces conducted strikes on 141 areas, including Ukraine's military ammunition depots, energy facilities, transportation and logistics facilities, production and storage sites for UAVs and ground unmanned combat vehicles. In addition, it continued attacking Ukraine's sea vessels used to transport weapons and military supplies.
On the same day, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported 199 battles along the front line over the past day, saying Ukrainian forces repelled Russian attacks on several fronts. It also claimed to have shot down 1,337 Russian drones.
President Volodymyr Zelensky on Sunday said that the Russian military has recently carried out a large-scale rotation of personnel and equipment in the Kherson region, reinforcing its presence there. He has instructed the Ukrainian military to propose further measures to protect the local people.
On social media, Zelensky posted that he had convened the heads of the regions to hear reports on conditions across the country, with particular attention to the needs of frontline and border regions.
He said Russian forces were using the humanitarian operation in Oleshky as cover for a large-scale rotation of personnel and equipment in the Russian-controlled area on the left bank of the Dnipro River in Kherson, while sending additional troops to Oleshky and surrounding areas.
National Energy Company Ukrenergo said on Sunday that Russian attacks on Ukraine's energy infrastructure had left the power grid facing severe difficulties, with emergency power outages occurring in the Kharkiv Oblast, Sumy Oblast, and Poltava Oblast.
Also on the same day, DTEK, Ukraine's largest private energy company, said emergency power outages occurred again in the city of Kyiv and Kyiv Oblast that morning.
It noted that Dnipropetrovsk Oblast was hit by another large attack, leaving more than 600,000 residents without power in Pavlohrad and other places.
Vitalii Bunechko, head of the Zhytomyr Oblast Military Administration, posted that Russian forces had launched several waves of attacks on residential buildings, as well as heating and power infrastructure in Zhytomyr since Saturday evening. Those strikes left 312,000 households without electricity, while more than 100 apartment buildings lost heating.
Russia strikes Ukrainian vessels, Ukraine shut down over 1,000 drones
