Biggest air strike in months raises fears for Ukraine energy infrastructure ahead of winter months
energy system in the early hours of Sunday morning, Ukraine’s president Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said., southern Ukraine, by a drone attack. Six others were injured, including two children.
The enemy’s target was our energy infrastructure across Ukraine. Unfortunately, some facilities sustained damage from direct hits and falling debris. In Mykolaiv, a drone attack killed two people and injured six others, including two children. My deepest condolences to the families and loved ones of the victims. As of now, some areas remain without power, but all necessary forces are working to mitigate the consequences and restore the infrastructure.
said on Telegram that “a massive attack on our energy system is ongoing” and that Russian forces were “attacking electricity generation and transmission facilities throughout Ukraine”. “This is war criminal Putin’s true response to all those who called and visited him recently. We need peace through strength, not appeasement.”Russia’s relentless aerial bombardment with missiles and drones has destroyed half of Ukraine’s energy production capacity, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has previously said.
A roof of a residential building in the country’s capital was set alight by the missile and drone strike, the city’s mayor Vitali Klitschko said.largest private energy provider says that the early morning Russian air strikes on Ukraine’s power infrastructure has “seriously damaged” equipment at thermal power stations.
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