{"id":67007,"date":"2024-03-23T07:30:49","date_gmt":"2024-03-23T12:30:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=67007"},"modified":"2024-03-23T07:30:49","modified_gmt":"2024-03-23T12:30:49","slug":"swathes-of-ukraine-go-dark-after-russia-pummels-electrical-power-facilities-in-huge-retaliation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=67007","title":{"rendered":"Swathes Of Ukraine Go Dark After Russia Pummels Electrical Power Facilities In Huge Retaliation"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Swathes Of Ukraine Go Dark After Russia Pummels Electrical Power Facilities In Huge Retaliation<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/header>\n
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We reported\u00a0earlier on the clear escalation<\/a>\u00a0in Ukraine’s cross-border strikes on Russia’s energy infrastructure, during which time Moscow has in turn ramped up its own major airstrikes on Ukraine’s facilities.<\/p>\n

The Russian Defense Ministry (MoD) in a press briefing detailed its retaliatory attacks which it described as a direct response to the shelling of Russian territory. The MoD confirmed\u00a0that it has<\/a>\u00a0hit\u00a0“energy and military industry facilities, railway junctions and arsenals.”<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Damage, smoke rising at Ukraine’s largest hydroelectric plant, AP screenshot<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Significantly the\u00a0country’s largest hydroelectric plant at Dnieper has been shut down<\/strong>\u00a0after what appears a major missile strike impacting its vital operations. Various regions impacted have been left without power, and there are widespread reports of new internet outages in Ukraine.<\/p>\n

Russia’s military touted that “all the goals of the massive strike have been achieved” – which reportedly included hits on “foreign military equipment and ordnance delivered by NATO countries” which were destroyed, according to state-run TASS.<\/p>\n

Unconfirmed footage is widely circulating which shows a\u00a0Russian cruise missile slam into the\u00a0Dnieper Hydroelectric Power Plant<\/strong>:<\/p>\n