Putin Says Russia Forced to Respond to Ukraine Energy Attacks
A Ukrainian thermal power plant damaged by a Russian missile strike in Ukraine on April 2.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin said his forces launched an attack that destroyed the largest power generating plant in the Kyiv region in retaliation for assaults against his own country’s energy sector.
The Russian Defense Ministry said earlier Thursday that it had conducted a “massive strike” in response to Ukrainian attacks on Russia’s oil and gas facilities. The overnight bombings targeted power plants and underground gas-storage facilities in five regions across Ukraine, according to the Ukrainian military.