Over the past week, Russia used more than 2,300 attack UAVs, 1,590 guided aerial bombs and 15 missiles of various types against Ukraine. Russian forces continue to strike energy and railway infrastructure.
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said this in his address.
According to the head of state, overnight and in the morning alone, Russian forces attacked energy facilities in the Zaporizhzhia, Sumy, Odesa, Zhytomyr and Kirovohrad regions. Railway infrastructure in Dnipropetrovsk region, Kharkiv region and Zaporizhzhia also came under attack. The Russians also struck Donetsk region and Kyiv region. As a result of the attacks, 16 people were injured.
"The Russians are deliberately hitting substations with Shaheds. Some of these strikes are being carried out because of speed restrictions on terminals along the front line and in the temporarily occupied territories," the President noted.
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He explained that Ukrainian interceptor drones lose contact with their operators at a speed of 161 km/h. As a result, they cannot catch up with Russian jet-powered "Shaheds".
"We expect the restrictions to be lifted. This is important to protect people's lives and energy infrastructure ahead of winter," Zelenskyy stressed.
According to him, teams from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of Defence and the Office of the President must closely coordinate their work with the US side and with SpaceX.