“All the set targets were hit,” the ministry said, justifying the strikes as retaliation for Ukrainian attacks on Russia’s energy network.
Ukraine’s energy ministry said energy facilities in the southern Zaporizhzhia and western Lviv regions were damaged.
Russian attacks have destroyed half of Ukraine’s energy capacity, according to Zelensky.
Shelling deaths
In Zaporizhzhia, Russian artillery shelling also killed one civilian, according to the regional military administration, while a policeman manning a checkpoint was killed by a drone in the southern Kherson region, police said.
Five civilians were killed by shelling in frontline areas of the Donetsk region, regional head Vadym Filashkin said.
Frontline clashes were reported near the towns of Pokrovsk and Toretsk, where Moscow “continues to increase the pace of offensive actions, deploying significant forces,” Kyiv’s military said.
Russia’s defence ministry said troops had improved positions in the Donetsk, Lugansk and Kharkiv regions.
The head of Russian authorities in the Donetsk region, Denis Pushilin, said the region had come under attack from Ukraine.
Three men working for a construction firm were killed by cluster munitions, he said.
In Russia’s southern Belgorod region, a man was killed in the shelling of a farm near the border, said governor Vyacheslav Gladkov.
