Russian forces attacked at dawn with Iranian suicide drones Shahed the Ukrainian region of Mykolayivin the south of the country, and seriously damaged a hotel, without any victims at the momentaccording to regional authorities.
The head of the Mykolayiv Military Administration, Vitali Kimexplained on his Telegram channel that, as a result of the attack, the The hotel building in the city of the same name suffered serious damage and a fire broke out that was quickly extinguished..
In another nearby hotel windows were broken and the installation of the heat generation infrastructure was damaged.
Images posted on the Telegram channel of the state emergency services showed scattered debris and damage to a building and a playground.
Kim indicated that there is a children’s sports school and a stadium nearby.
He reported that in this area of the city there are no military installations.
”This is an attack on our business, on our economy. Fortunately, no one was hurt.”he stressed.
The Ukrainian Air Force declared to have destroyed a drone launched by Russia on Mykolayiv, as well as four others across the country.
The attack occurred after Russian forces They will heavily attack Ukrainian energy infrastructure on the night of April 26-27.
In his late-night video address on April 27, the Ukrainian President, Volodymyr Zelenskystated that the attacks against crucial infrastructure revealed the need for Western allies to rapidly supply more air defense weapons.
“Ukraine needs seven Patriot systems. It is the minimum. Our partners have these Patriots”said.
The Ukrainian president highlighted the need to have these US anti-aircraft defense systems in the face of the “new massive attack” on Saturday, with 34 Russian missiles of various types launched against targets in the Ukrainian energy sector.
Zelensky stated that Russia had in its sights the facilities that supply natural gas to EU countries.
“The main objective was the energy sector, various industry facilities, both electricity and gas transportation. In particular, the gas installations which are crucial to guarantee a secure supply to the European Union,” he declared.
In the last month, The Russian army has increased its attacks against infrastructure electrical Ukrainian forces, attacking thermal and hydroelectric plants and other energy infrastructure almost daily.
The Ukrainian authorities have stated that The country has lost close to 80% of its thermal generation and near the 35% of its hydroelectric capacitywhich has led the government to introduce scheduled blackouts in several regions.
The Russian oil and gas infrastructures have also been attackedincluding an oil refinery in the southwestern region of Krasnodarwhich was closed on April 27 after an alleged Ukrainian drone attack.
Ukrainewhich rarely comments on its attacks on Russian facilities, has not claimed responsibility for the attack.
