A rain of missiles targeting Ukrainian energy infrastructure. Russia launched its largest air attack against the country's electricity grid on the night of March 21-22, Kiev authorities said. A Russian strike notably targeted the largest Ukrainian dam, the Ukrainian public hydroelectricity company announced on Friday, while the Kharkiv electricity network was targeted by Russian fire.

At least two people were killed, 14 injured and three are missing after the massive overnight strikes, the Ukrainian Interior Ministry announced Friday morning. 

“At the moment, there are two dead and at least eight injured in Khmelnytsky,” the western region, the ministry said. “There are also six injured in Zaporizhia, three people are missing at the site of the attacks,” he said.

The Russian attack carried out overnight on Ukraine's energy infrastructure was the most significant since the start of the war, said the head of the Ukrainian public electricity company.

“The whole world clearly understands which targets are chosen by Russian terrorists: power plants and the electricity grid, a hydroelectric dam, simple residential buildings and even a trolleybus,” wrote Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Telegram.

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More than 60 Iranian drones and nearly 90 missiles were fired by Russia, the leader said. The DniproHES dam, located in the Zaporizhia region, is, however, not at risk of collapse, the company added.

“A fire broke out in the building. Rescuers and dam employees are managing the consequences of several airstrikes,” detailed the energy group.

Attacks on Kharkiv power grid

Furthermore, around fifteen detonations were heard Friday morning in Kharkiv, Ukraine's second city, according to Mayor Ihor Terekhov, and Russian missile fire, which seemed to target the city's electricity network, caused partial outages current.

Ihor Terekhov did not report any casualties. He said some of the city's water pumps had stopped working due to the attacks. Explosions were heard in Kryvyi Rih in central Ukraine, Oleksandr Vilkoul, the town's mayor, said, without providing details.

In Vinnytsia, a city also located in central Ukraine, “critical infrastructure” was damaged, according to the mayor, Serhi Borzov. The administration of the city of Zaporizhia, in southern Ukraine, also reported eight missile attacks.

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