Russia claims to have shot down multiple Ukrainian drones; Ukraine reports attacks on energy facilities in multiple locations.

The Russian Ministry of Defense reported that from 20:00 on the 16th to 08:00 on the 17th local time, the Russian air defense systems intercepted and destroyed a total of 610 Ukrainian fixed-wing drones over multiple regions and maritime areas, including the Moscow region, Leningrad Oblast, and the Black Sea.

The Russian Ministry of Defense stated that in the early hours of the 17th, the Russian military carried out large-scale strikes using ground-based, air-based, and sea-based precision weapons and attack drones against metallurgical enterprises, transformer production facilities, and energy infrastructure in Kryvyi Rih, Zhytomyr, and other locations. Additionally, the Russian military struck a cargo ship transporting military supplies to the port of Odesa in the Black Sea.

On the 17th, the Ukrainian Ministry of Energy reported that Russia continued to attack energy infrastructure in multiple regions of Ukraine from the early morning to the morning of the same day, causing damage to some facilities and power outages in several areas, affecting 10 regions including Vinnytsia, Volyn, Zhytomyr, and Odesa. As a result of the attacks, some areas have implemented rolling blackouts according to a power outage schedule to address the electricity supply gap. (Reporter: Dong Wei, Wang Bin)