Last month, Zelensky removed Valerii Zaluzhnyi as head of the armed forces. He was appointed Ukraine’s ambassador to the United Kingdom earlier this month.
Separately, the Ukrainian Air Force said on Saturday that Russia launched 12 Shahed drones overnight, nine of which were shot down, and fired four missiles into eastern Ukraine. Russia unleashed a barrage of 38 missiles, 75 airstrikes and 98 multiple rocket launcher attacks over the past 24 hours, Ukraine’s armed forces announced on social media.
Ukrainian energy company Centrenergo announced on Saturday that the Zmiiv thermal power station, one of the largest thermal power plants in the eastern Kharkiv region, had been destroyed following Russian bombing last week. Power cut schedules were still in effect for about 120,000 people in the region, where 700,000 people lost power after the plant was attacked on March 22, the Associated Press reported.
Russia has recently intensified its attacks on Ukrainian energy infrastructure, causing significant damage in several regions. Poltava region officials said Saturday there had been “several impacts” on infrastructure, without specifying whether it was an energy facility.
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