Ukraine introduces preventive power cuts after massive Russian missile attack

Russia launched a large-scale missile attack targeting Ukraine's energy infrastructure on Wednesday morning, Ukraine’s Air Force reported.

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00:00Eight people, including two children, were injured in a Russian strike on a multi-story

00:06residential building in Ukraine's Donetsk region on Wednesday morning.

00:11The strike was part of a massive overnight attack on Ukraine that targeted several regions,

00:16forcing the country to introduce preventive power cuts, according to the energy minister.

00:21One man was killed in Kharkiv, and several people were also injured in Kherson.

00:44Moscow launched more than 40 missiles and 70 drones, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky

00:50said.

00:51The attack comes a day after Ukraine launched what its military called its most massive

00:55attack on Russian military facilities.

00:59Ukrainian forces reportedly struck as deep as 1,100 kilometers inside Russia.

01:05Russia's Ministry of Defense vowed to retaliate, accusing Ukraine of firing multiple Western-made

01:11missiles.

01:13Wednesday's attack has further exacerbated the strain on Ukraine's energy infrastructure,

01:18which Russian forces have persistently attacked during the almost three-year war.