Russia Responds to Missile Attack With Aerial Blitz on Ukrainian Energy Sites

On Jan. 13, a dozen Western-supplied missiles were launched into Russia from Ukrainian territory, drawing threats of retaliation from Moscow.

Firefighters work at a site of a power infrastructure object, which was hit during Russia's missiles strike, outside Kharkiv, Ukraine, on March 22, 2024. Sofiia Gatilova/Reuters

Russia struck several Ukrainian energy sites with missiles and drones on Jan. 15 in what appeared to be retaliation for a missile attack two days earlier on Russia’s western Bryansk region.

“Another massive Russian attack,” Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy wrote on social media platform X.