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Ukrenergo: Imported energy won't fully cover deficit after latest Russian attack.
Imports from Europe will not be sufficient to completely cover Ukraine's energy deficit caused by the latest Russian attack, Volodymyr Kudrytskyi, the head of Ukrenergo, said on May 8.
Speaking to Ukrainska Pravda, Kudrytskyi said the damage caused by the strike was "quite large-scale."
"It is so considerable that even energy imports from Europe are not enough to fully compensate for the deficit in the power system," he added.
Russian forces launched a large-scale attack against Ukrainian cities overnight on May 8.
Ukraine's Energy Ministry said that energy infrastructure was attacked in Poltava, Kirovohrad, Zaporizhzhia, Lviv, Ivano-Frankivsk, and Vinnytsia oblasts.
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Three thermal power plants were damaged in the recent attacks, according to Ukraine's largest private energy company DTEK.
The company did not specify the location of the plants but said that the equipment was seriously damaged.
Earlier on May 8, Ukrenergo said it would be limiting energy supplies for industrial and commercial users between 6 p.m. and 11 p.m.
"The reason for the caps is a shortage of electricity caused by a massive Russian missile and drone attack on energy facilities," the state-owned energy operator said in a statement.
Zelensky: Ukraine secures stronger positions in Kharkiv Oblast amid Russia's offensive.
Zelensky also said that Ukraine successfully repels Russian assaults in Donetsk Oblast, including the area near the city of Chasiv Yar, which became one of the main strategic targets.
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UK defense secretary calls Germany to provide Ukraine with long-range missiles.
U.K. Defense Secretary Grant Shapps on May 19 urged Berlin and other allies to send long-range missiles to Ukraine and to allow Kyiv to hit facilities in Russian-occupied Crimea.
Ukraine to receive 100 missiles from UK in May, UK defense secretary says.
London also sent Kyiv more than 30 pallets of parts, including anti-mine equipment, over a million rounds of small arms ammunition, 20 Viking armored amphibious vehicles, and over 4,000 items of military clothing.
Reuters: Iranian president's life 'at risk' after helicopter crash.
A helicopter carrying Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and his foreign minister crashed on May 19 as it flew over a mountainous area in Iran through heavy fog.
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