{"id":13054,"date":"2026-02-22T12:50:49","date_gmt":"2026-02-22T12:50:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/?p=13054"},"modified":"2026-02-22T12:50:49","modified_gmt":"2026-02-22T12:50:49","slug":"at-least-one-killed-in-widescale-russian-attacks-on-ukraines-energy-sector-russia-ukraine-war-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/?p=13054","title":{"rendered":"At least one killed in widescale Russian attacks on Ukraine\u2019s energy sector | Russia-Ukraine war News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p class=\"article__subhead\"><em>Main target was the energy sector, but residential buildings and a railway were also damaged, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div><button class=\"article-listen-container\" aria-labelledby=\"listen-text listen-duration\" data-testid=\"listen-to-article-button\"><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"article-listen-container__text\" data-testid=\"listen-to-article-text\">Listen to this article<\/span><span aria-hidden=\"true\">\u00a0|\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"article-listen-container__duration\">4 mins<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/button><button tabindex=\"0\" class=\"tooltip-accessible_trigger\"><svg class=\"icon icon--info icon--main-grey-dark icon--16 listen-to-article-tooltip__icon\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.1\" aria-hidden=\"true\" role=\"presentation\"><title>info<\/title><path class=\"icon-main-color\" d=\"M12 0a12 12 0 1 0 0 24 12 12 0 0 0 0-24Zm-.226 3.225a2.039 2.039 0 0 1 2.155 1.924v.193a1.998 1.998 0 0 1-2.155 2.149 2.029 2.029 0 0 1-2.146-2.15 2.039 2.039 0 0 1 1.955-2.122h.193l-.002.006Zm3.227 15.525a.75.75 0 0 1-.752.75H9.75a.75.75 0 0 1-.75-.75v-1.5a.75.75 0 0 1 .752-.75h.748V12h-.75a.75.75 0 0 1-.75-.75v-1.5a.75.75 0 0 1 .752-.751h3a.75.75 0 0 1 .75.752v6.75h.75a.75.75 0 0 1 .75.749L15 18.75Z\"\/><\/svg><\/button><\/div>\n<div aria-live=\"polite\" aria-atomic=\"true\">\n<p>Russia has launched dozens of missiles and hundreds of drones at Ukraine, killing at least one person, according to Ukrainian officials.<\/p>\n<p>The most powerful attacks were reported in the regions of Kyiv, Odesa and Kharkiv, the officials said on Sunday.<\/p>\n<section class=\"more-on\">\n<h2 class=\"more-on__heading\">Recommended Stories<!-- --> <\/h2>\n<p><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">list of 3 items<\/span><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">end of list<\/span><\/section>\n<p>Ukraine\u2019s air force said Moscow launched 50 ballistic and cruise missiles and 297 drones overnight, the majority of which were intercepted.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMoscow continues to invest in strikes more than in diplomacy,\u201d Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said, adding that this past week alone, Russia launched more than 1,300 drones, \u200cmore than 1,400 guided aerial bombs and 96 missiles against Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>The president added that Sunday\u2019s attacks targeted the Dnipro, Kirovohrad, Mykolaiv, Poltava and Sumy regions.<\/p>\n<p>The main target of the attack was the energy sector, but residential buildings and a railway were also damaged, he noted.<\/p>\n<p>In a separate incident in the western city of Lviv, which has been largely spared the worst of the conflict, a policewoman was killed and 25 people were injured in the detonation of explosive devices inside a shop on a central shopping street.<\/p>\n<p>Hours later, law enforcement said it had arrested a Ukrainian woman suspected of carrying out the bombing, without providing any further details and saying an investigation was ongoing.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"kyiv-attack\">Kyiv attack<\/h2>\n<p>Mykola Kalashnyk, head of Kyiv\u2019s military administration, said on Telegram that Russian forces targeted five districts in the Kyiv region, injuring at least 15 people, including four children, and killing one person.<\/p>\n<p>Russian attacks were also reported in the eastern region of Kharkiv, where Governor Oleh Syniehubov said at least 12 settlements were targeted and six people injured.<\/p>\n<p>In southern Ukraine, fires broke out in the region of Odesa as Russian drones struck energy infrastructure, according to Governor Oleh Kiper.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFortunately, there were no deaths or injuries. An assessment of the state of energy facilities and elimination of the consequences is ongoing,\u201d Kiper wrote on Telegram.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4329118\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4329118\" style=\"width:770px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-4329118 size-arc-image-770\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/afp_699acc98a891-1771752600.jpg?w=770&amp;resize=770%2C513&amp;quality=80\" alt=\"Ukrainian rescuers work at the site of a heavily damaged house following an air attack in Sofiivska Borshchagivka, Kyiv region on February 22, 2026, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine.\" fetchpriority=\"low\"\/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4329118\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A Ukrainian emergency crew works at a heavily damaged house after an air attack in Sofiivska Borshchagivka in the Kyiv region [Henry Nicholls\/AFP]<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Attacks on Ukraine\u2019s energy facilities have become a near-daily occurrence in winter during Russia\u2019s war in Ukraine, which started almost four years ago when Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered a full-scale invasion of the neighbouring country.<\/p>\n<p>These attacks deprive millions of Ukrainians of heat, power and running water as temperatures have dropped below minus 10 degrees Celsius (14 degrees Fahrenheit), causing thick ice to cover roads and the Dnipro, Europe\u2019s fifth largest river.<\/p>\n<p>Last week, Russia unleashed a barrage of nearly 400 drones and 29 missiles on Ukraine\u2019s energy infrastructure on the first day of two days of peace negotiations in Geneva, its second large-scale blow in six days.<\/p>\n<p>On February 12, another attack had left 100,000 families without electricity and 3,500 apartment buildings without heat in Kyiv alone.<\/p>\n<p>Sunday\u2019s attacks come as the United States is trying to reach a ceasefire between Kyiv and Moscow.<\/p>\n<p>But these efforts \u2013 including the talks in Geneva last week and two earlier sessions in the United Arab Emirates \u2013 have failed to reach any breakthrough.<\/p>\n<p>A core sticking point is territory. Russia wants Ukraine to pull out from the remaining 20 percent of its eastern region of Donetsk that the Kremlin\u2019s forces have failed to capture \u2013 something firmly rejected by Kyiv.<\/p>\n<p>Ukraine does not want to make territorial concessions and is demanding clear security guarantees that it will not be attacked by Russia again if a ceasefire is reached.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Main target was the energy sector, but residential buildings and a railway were also damaged, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says. Listen to this article\u00a0|\u00a04 mins info Russia has launched dozens of missiles and hundreds of drones at Ukraine, killing at least one person, according to Ukrainian officials. 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