Ukraine updates: Russia hits power plants 2nd time this week

Ukrenergo, the national grid operator, said equipment at its facilities in Zaporizhzhia region in the southeast and Lviv region in the west were damaged by Russian strikes. DW has the latest.

Ukraine has seen repeated blackouts following Russia strikes on engery facilities

Russia launched a new barrage of missiles and drones on Ukraine overnight, damaging energy facilities.

Ukraine's Energy Ministry said it plans record high electricity imports following the strikes.

Here are the latest developments from Russia's war in Ukraine on Saturday, June 22:

Russia launches attack on Ukraine's energy facilities in Zaporizhzhia

Russia launched a "massive" overnight attack targeting Ukraine's energy infrastructure in the country's west and south, Kyiv said on Saturday.

"Equipment at [operator] Ukrenergo facilities in Zaporizhzhia and Lviv regions were damaged," the Energy Ministry said, adding that two workers were also wounded and hospitalized in Zaporizhzhia.

This was "the eighth massive, combined attack on energy infrastructure facilities" in the past three months, the ministry said.

The attacks on Ukraine's energy plants were in retaliation for Ukrainian drone attacks on the Russian territory, Moscow has said. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyyhas said half of his country's electricity-generating capacity has been destroyed by Russian attacks targeting energy facilities since late March.