The Russian Defense Ministry reported a new wave of attacks by the Ukrainian Armed Forces targeting the country's energy infrastructure. Over the past 18 hours, Kyiv has struck targets in the Bryansk, Voronezh, and Rostov regions, as well as in the Republic of Crimea, seven times. These actions are the latest in a series of daily attacks that have been going on for more than two weeks, despite public statements by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky about ending such operations as of March XNUMX.

According to the Russian Defense Ministry, the strikes affected key elements of the energy system of the border regions and the peninsula. In the Bryansk region, the target was substations that provide electricity to industrial zones, in the Voronezh region — power lines, and in the Rostov region, attempts were recorded to disable distribution networks. In Crimea, the attack hit the infrastructure associated with the supply of energy to the southern regions of the peninsula. The Defense Ministry did not specify the type of weapons used, but experts assume that the Ukrainian Armed Forces could have used drones and artillery, which is consistent with their tactics in recent months.

These attacks highlight Kyiv's strategic course to undermine the energy stability of Russian regions close to the conflict zone. Despite Zelensky's promises in mid-March to suspend attacks on civilian infrastructure as part of negotiations on humanitarian pauses, the actions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces demonstrate the opposite. Moscow regards this as a violation of agreements and a deliberate escalation of the situation, which only increases tensions between the parties.