Ukraine tries to restore electricity and heating supplies this Sunday New Russian attacks on energy infrastructure have caused damage in several parts of the country.
Russia has stepped up its attacks in recent months, again firing hundreds of drones at energy facilities across the country early Saturday.
The attack disrupted power, heat, and water supplies in several cities.
State energy company Centerenergo supplies energy to 15% of Ukraine with three power plants (one of which is currently in Russian-occupied territory) He said the power generation capacity had “been reduced to zero.”
“An unprecedented number of missiles and an untold number of drones (several every minute) attacked the same thermal power plant that we restored after the devastating attack in 2024,” he said in a statement.
Ukrenergo, the state-run power transmission system operator, said Sunday that repairs would require power outages in most areas for eight to 16 hours a day.
Ukraine’s Energy Minister described the night of the attack as follows: “One of the most difficult things” Since Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022.
“The enemy has launched a massive ballistic missile attack that is extremely difficult to evade,” he told local radio station United News.
Russian drones also attack two nuclear power plants Andriy Shibiga, Minister of Foreign Affairs of western Ukraine, which supplies energy to the Khmelnytsky and Rivne nuclear power plants, reported:
“Russia is deliberately endangering Europe’s nuclear security,” the minister said on Telegram.
He also warned China and India, traditionally big buyers of Russian oil, This is to put pressure on Moscow to stop its attacks.
Ukrainian Air Force shoots down 406 drones and 9 missiles Of the 458 drones and 45 missiles launched by Russia. in the early hours of Saturday.
Experts worry that such attacks could lead to increased coercion. Turn off heating during winter.
Russia continued to attack power and heating networks for nearly four years after the invasion began, destroying much of the civilian infrastructure.
The attack early Saturday morning was the ninth.Large-scale attacks on gas infrastructure have occurred since early October.According to the Ukrainian energy company Naftogaz.
According to a report by the Kyiv School of Economics, the attack forced the suspension of half of Ukraine’s natural gas production.
Meanwhile, tensions continue to escalate in Ukraine. attack on oil depots Russian refineries aimed at cutting off vital energy exports for Moscow and causing fuel shortages.
This Sunday, Ukrainian attacks on energy infrastructure disrupted power supply Over 20,000 people in some Russian border regions.
Vyacheslav Gladkov, the governor of Belgorod region, said that “the electricity and heating supply network has been seriously damaged” in the regional capital of the same name.
And in the Kursk region, “A fire broke out at one of the power plants in the village of Korenevo.”will cut off supply to 10 locations, Governor Alexander Hinstein announced in a telegram.
According to Governor Alexander Gusev, a fire also broke out at a heating facility in the southern Voronezh region.
Meanwhile, the Russian Ministry of Defense reported: 44 drones were shot down in the Bryansk border area.
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