Russia on Friday carried out a “massive attack” on the most important energy facilities of the Ukrainian military-industrial complex, the Russian Defense Ministry announced today, Saturday.

In its daily briefing, the ministry did not specify which energy facilities it claims were affected. It said the strike also prevented the delivery of foreign weapons and ammunition by rail to the battlefields in Ukraine.

The Ukrainian Armed Forces said late Friday that Russian forces fired more than 100 rockets and carried out 12 airstrikes and 20 bomb blasts. 61 Russian cruise missiles destroyed.

Ukraine’s energy minister said Russia had fired missiles and drones at power plants in six regions, causing power outages across much of the country.

Russia has repeatedly attacked civilian infrastructure far from the front lines, leaving millions of Ukrainians without power, heat or water for days in the middle of winter.

Meanwhile, according to local authorities, over the past 24 hours, Russian troops have shelled Kherson in the south more than 60 times using artillery, anti-aircraft guns, mortars and tanks.

Three civilians received “injuries of varying severity,” according to a Telegram message, which notes that yesterday the Russian military attacked Kherson 16 times, destroying residential buildings and railway station buildings.

At the same time, Ukrainian presidential adviser Mykhailo Podolyak, who led the country’s negotiating team in the early stages of the conflict, said that “negotiations are out of the question.” He tweeted that Moscow refuses to withdraw from the occupied Ukrainian territories and recognize “crimes”.

Source: Reuters, The Guardian.