KYIV, Ukraine (AP) 鈥� attacked facilities of Ukraine鈥檚 Naftogaz Group 13 times over the past week and has targeted its premises almost 300 times since the start of the year, the state energy company said Monday.
Russia has repeatedly battered the since its more than four years ago. Moscow hopes to sap Ukraine鈥檚 will to fight by denying civilians light, heating and running water during the .
Ukrainian officials, who say Russia is 鈥渨eaponizing winter,鈥� fear Moscow will pursue its campaign through the coming winter, too.
Russian drones and missiles struck facilities in several regions of the country, with one asset hit multiple times during the week, Naftogaz said, reporting serious damage to equipment and production capacity. No employees were hurt in the attacks, the company said.
DTEK Group, a coal mining and power production company which says it is the largest private investor in Ukraine鈥檚 energy sector, also said a Russian attack started a fire at one of its mines, killing a 52-year-old man.
With troops largely bogged down by drones and robots along the roughly 1,250-kilometer (780-mile) front line, both Russia and Ukraine are expanding their aerial campaigns and devising new long-range weapons.
Ukrainian long-range attacks on Russia killed seven people, while five civilians died in Ukraine after strikes by Moscow鈥檚 forces, officials said Monday as they collated overnight attacks.
With the Russian capital now within range of Ukrainian drones that regularly attack the region, organizers canceled a large military music festival due to be held on central Moscow鈥檚 Red Square from Friday.
The organizers of the Spasskaya Tower International Military Music Festival said on social media Monday that the event was postponed until next year due to reasons beyond their control.
In May, authorities significantly Russia’s annual Victory Day celebrations on Red Square for the first time in nearly two decades. Officials put the move down to the 鈥渃urrent operational situation鈥� but did not elaborate.
Ukraine depended heavily on foreign military aid after Russia鈥檚 full-scale invasion of February 2022 but has gradually increased its domestically produced firepower, firing a salvo of more than at Russia on Sunday.
Ukraine also has successfully targeted depots owned by , Russia鈥檚 main online retailer, as far as 2,000 kilometers (1,240 miles) from Ukraine鈥檚 border.
Russian forces have increasingly hit apartment blocks, ports, schools and hospitals, among other urban targets, killing close to 17,000 civilians, according to the United Nations. The death toll of 437 Ukrainian civilians in July was 70% higher than the same month in 2025, it said last week, as Russia’s barrages intensified.
Russia has exploited Ukraine鈥檚 severe shortage of U.S.-made Patriot air defense interceptors, which are the only way of countering ballistic missiles.
But Kyiv is swiftly innovating, with Ukraine now developing its own ballistic missile to hit back at Russia and working with European countries on developing more anti-ballistic air defenses.
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