17 November 2024 Russian strikes on Ukraine

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17 November 2024 Russian strikes on Ukraine
Part of the Russian strikes against Ukrainian infrastructure
LocationRegions across
Flag of Ukraine.svg Ukraine
Date17 November 2024
Attack type
Airstrikes
Deaths7
PerpetratorsBanner of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation (obverse).svg  Russian Armed Forces

During the morning of 17 November 2024, Russia launched a massive air attack on cities across Ukraine, killing two people in Mykolaiv, two in Nikopol, two in Odesa and one person in Lviv. [1] [2] [3] According to the Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, about 120 missiles and 90 drones were fired overnight and in the early morning. [4] [2] The strikes targeted Ukraine's energy grid in an effort to disrupt power supply during the upcoming winter. It was the biggest Russian aerial attack on Ukraine since August 2024 with reports of attacks on the critical infrastructure of Lviv Oblast, Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast and Rivne Oblast in Western Ukraine as well as on the cities of Kryvyi Rih, Vinnytsia, Odesa and Kyiv. [2]

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In the evening, a Russian missile struck a nine-story residential building in Sumy, killing 11 people including two children. 89 more people were injured. [5]

The Ukrainian Air Force claimed to have shot down 102 missiles and 42 drones. [6]

Strikes

Locations

17 November 2024 Russian strikes on Ukraine
Airstrike targetDamage information
Kremenchuk Hydroelectric Power Plant The hydroelectric power plant was struck by at least one missile. [7] [ better source needed ]
Odesa 2 killed, 1 injured. Water and power to the city were cut. [8]

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References

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  2. 1 2 3 Dan Sabbagh (17 November 2024). "Russia targets Ukraine's power grid in biggest missile strike in months, officials say". The Guardian . Retrieved 17 November 2024.
  3. Olena Goncharova. "2 killed, 6 injured in Mykolaiv amid Russia's mass missile and drone attack". The Kyiv Independent. Retrieved 2024-11-17.
  4. Balmforth, Tom; Peleschuk, Dan (17 November 2024). "Russia pounds Ukraine's power grid in 'massive' air strike". Reuters . Retrieved 17 November 2024.
  5. "Russian missile attacks on Sumy kill 11, injure 89". The Kyiv Independent. 2024-11-17. Retrieved 2024-11-18.
  6. "Ukraine's air defense downs 102 missiles, 42 drones during mass Russian strike". The Kyiv Independent. 2024-11-17. Retrieved 2024-11-18.
  7. "Russian sources are now reporting they struck the Kremenchuk Hydroelectric Power Plant (633MW) on the Dnipro River (Image 1). If it was breached, it is a major disaster of unimaginable scale (figures 3 and 4) Geolocation confirmed at 49.076817, 33.250122 based on Google street view (Image 2)" (Post on X). X . @UKikaski. 17 November 2024. Retrieved 17 November 2024.
  8. "Russian strikes leave Odesa without power and water". The New Voice of Ukraine . 17 October 2024.