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Zelensky says the main target of Russia's overnight attack was energy

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Official post · not independently verified. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky wrote that overnight "the Russians launched 289 attack drones, 17 ballistic missiles, and 59 cruise missiles" and that "the main target was energy". He wrote that a strike on a Kharkiv hospital injured 73 people and that 29 people were killed in Komyshuvakha, Zaporizhzhia region. On Monday he wrote: "Russia is preparing a new massive attack". On X: 70,836 views and 430 reposts (Monday post: 1,251,640 views and 8,130 reposts) as of Tue 3 Nov, 04:08 ET.

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