Russia hits Ukraine energy targets with hundreds of drones, missiles, ahead of talks
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy urged "maximum pressure" on Russia after Moscow fired hundreds of drones and missiles into Ukraine.
LONDON -- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy urged "maximum pressure" on Russia from the international community after Moscow fired hundreds of drones and missiles into Ukraine overnight into Tuesday morning, in a major attack that Zelenskyy said focused on the country's critical energy infrastructure.
Ukraine's air force said Russia launched 71 missiles and 450 drones into the country overnight, of which 38 missiles and 412 drones were shot down or suppressed. Twenty-seven missiles and 31 drones impacted across 27 locations, the air force said.
The strike was the largest reported by the Ukrainian air force of the year so far, and the largest overall number of munitions launched in a single night since the night of Dec. 27.
The number of missiles fired on Monday night was also unusually high, and the largest total for a single night since April 24, according to air force data analyzed by ABC News.
Russia's Defense Ministry said in a post to Telegram that its forces "carried out a massive strike" on "Ukraine's military-industrial complex and energy facilities used in their interests, as well as places of storage and assembly of long-range unmanned aerial vehicles."
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