In Ukraine, there has been a series of attacks by the Russian military targeting energy facilities such as power plants, and some have pointed out that the Russian military is escalating its attacks with the aim of reducing the capabilities of the defense industry.
On the 30th, the Ukrainian Air Force announced that the Russian military carried out four missile attacks in the eastern Donetsk region, as well as 12 drone attacks in various locations including the southern Kherson region, shooting down nine of them.
Officials in Donetsk region said two people, a man and a woman in their 70s, were killed in the attack.
Recently, there has been a series of attacks by the Russian military targeting energy facilities such as power plants in various parts of Ukraine.
A Ukrainian energy company said on the 30th that one of the region's largest thermal power plants in the eastern Kharkiv region was completely destroyed in an attack on the 22nd. This means that large-scale rolling blackouts are continuing.
Maintaining Ukraine's defense industry requires a stable supply of electricity to factories, and the American think tank ``Institute of War Research'' said on the 29th that attacks on energy facilities were aimed at reducing the capabilities of the defense industry. We are analyzing that there is a possibility that
In addition, they are reportedly escalating their attacks by targeting dams and hydroelectric power plants.
Meanwhile, the British Ministry of Defense noted on the 30th that Russian forces continue to advance slowly west of Audiiivka in the eastern Donetsk region.
It added that the Russian military outnumbers the Ukrainian military in ammunition and equipment, and is likely recruiting around 30,000 soldiers a month to compensate for human losses.