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Ukraine launched a drone attack on the Shatura Power Station near Moscow, causing a significant fire and leaving thousands without heating.
An overnight drone strike triggered a fire at the Shatura power plant supplying Moscow, as Russia and Ukraine step up attacks on energy infrastructure amid a peace plan pushed by the Trump administration.
Several drones crashed into the plant’s grounds during the attack, while others were destroyed by air defense forces, local governor Andrey Vorobyov wrote on social media.
Ukraine struck a major heat and power station in the Moscow region on Sunday with drones, triggering a fire and forcing backup power to be switched on and mobile heating units to be deployed, the governor of the Moscow region said.
Ukraine carried out a major drone strike deep inside Russia on Sunday, hitting a heat and power station in the Moscow region and sparking a large fire that cut heating for thousands of residents. The attack marks one of Kyiv’s most significant hits on Russian energy infrastructure since the war began.
The Shatura Thermal Power Plant, named after Lenin, is a 1,500 MW thermal power plant. According to public records, it is one of the oldest power plants in Russia, having been founded in 1920. It supplies electricity and heat to part of the Moscow region.
The 28-point proposal, which has been widely leaked and reported on, appeared after a visit to America by President Putin's envoy Kirill Dmitriev. He took part in three days of discussions in Miami with President Trump's special envoy Steve Witkoff.
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LONDON — A U.K. patrol ship has intercepted a Russian corvette and a tanker after shadowing them through the English Channel, the Defense Ministry said Sunday, adding that Russian naval activity around U.K. waters had increased by 30% over the past two years.