A fire broke out at a power station near Lugansk, eastern Ukraine (Reuters)

Russia attacked the city of Dnipro with missiles and drones on Tuesday, damaging a power station and cutting off water supplies to some residents, Ukrainian officials and media said.

The Ukrainian Air Force reported - via the Telegram application - that the city, which is located in the center of the country and has a population of just under a million people, was attacked by a missile and 4 groups of drones that approached from the south, east and north.

DTEK, the largest private energy services provider in Ukraine, said that a thermal power plant suffered severe damage, but no casualties were reported.

The company did not mention the location of the power plant, but the Dnipro Water Utility Company said on Telegram that “due to a power outage” it had partially stopped water supplies. Local media said that a power station in Dnipro was attacked.

Dnipro Mayor Boris Filatov said that infrastructure was bombed, but he did not provide further details, and there has been no response yet from the Russian Ministry of Defense.

Russia and Ukraine have intensified their air attacks far from the front line in the past few months, targeting each other's vital energy, military and transportation infrastructure.

Yesterday, the Ukrainian Air Force said that air defense systems destroyed 14 out of 17 drones launched by Russia during the night, in addition to a Kh-59 cruise missile.

The Air Force added that Russia also fired missiles from the S-300 long-range surface-to-air missile systems at Ukraine, but did not say how many missiles were launched and whether they hit any targets.

Confiscation of Russian assets

On the other hand, the Russian TASS news agency quoted Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova today as saying that the response to the West’s confiscation of the country’s assets will be “harsh.” She also said, "The attitude toward the West will be like the attitude toward thieves."

In another context, the US Senate voted in favor of moving forward with an aid package that includes Ukraine and Israel worth $95.34 billion, in a procedural vote that moves the legislation a step closer to its approval.

66 members approved the legislation yesterday while 33 rejected it, exceeding the required 60 votes and passing the last procedural hurdle before the final consideration of the draft law tomorrow.

Source: Agencies