Ukrainian drones hit an energy plant pipeline in western Russia – Many homes without heating and hot water

The occidental Russian metropolis of Oryol has restricted its proviso of heating and blistery h2o aft Ukrainian drones struck a pipeline astatine a local vigor facility, section authorities said.

“We volition person to bounds the proviso of heating and blistery h2o to buildings successful the Sovetsky, Zheleznodorozhny, and Severny districts of Oryol,” Oryol Region Governor Andrey Klychkov wrote connected societal media.

Ukraine and Russia person intensified attacks connected each other’s vigor infrastructure successful caller weeks arsenic bid talks stay stalled.

Meanwhile, the Financial Times reported that the United States has canceled a summit that was scheduled to instrumentality spot successful Budapest betwixt President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin, pursuing Moscow’s continued hardline stance connected demands related to Ukraine.

Russia’s Defense Ministry said its forces shot down 130 Ukrainian drones overnight, mostly implicit occidental regions and from the Yaroslavl and Moscow areas.

Local officials besides reported that infrastructure was damaged successful the city of Vladimir, portion a kindergarten successful Yaroslavl, astir 280 kilometers northeast of Moscow, was forced to adjacent during a drone attack.