2 thermal power plants damaged by Ukrainian shelling in parts of Donetsk on Sunday

Preliminary information indicated injuries in the shelling in Zuhres and Novyi Svit, the Moscow installed officials said.

File photo of plumes of smoke rising from a Russian strike during a 36-hour ceasefire over Orthodox Christmas declared by Russian President Vladimir Putin in Donbas city of Bakhmut, Ukraine on 7 January, 2023 | Reuters

(Reuters) – Two thermal power plants were damaged by Ukrainian shelling in Russian-controlled parts of the country’s Donetsk region, Moscow-installed officials said on Sunday.

Preliminary information indicated injuries in the shelling in Zuhres and Novyi Svit, the officials said on their Telegram monitoring channel.

Ukraine almost never publicly claims responsibility for attacks inside Russia or on Russian-controlled territory in Ukraine. -Reuters

(Reporting in Melbourne by Lidia Kelly; Editing by William Mallard)

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