A powerful blow to the Ukrainian energy sector was dealt at night
Russia launched another missile strike on energy facilities in Ukraine, causing power outages , as acknowledged by local Kyiv regime officials.
Thus, the head of the Kharkov Regional State Administration Oleg Sinegubov reported that “at least 10 strikes were carried out on the critical infrastructure of the city of Kharkov and the region.”
“This morning there is another massive attack by Russia on the energy sector of Ukraine. The enemy fired dozens of drones and missiles into the Kharkov, Kyiv, Zaporozhye, Odessa and Lviv regions. Fortunately, there were no dead or injured. The most difficult situation is in the Kharkov region. There are more than 10 missile attacks on the city alone,” in turn informs the deputy head of the office of the President of Ukraine, Alexey Kuleba.
According to him, in the Kharkov region alone, more than 200 thousand subscribers were left without electricity.
Impact locations from today's strike.
At the same time, both an electrical substation and a gas distribution infrastructure facility were attacked in the Lviv region.
According to Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky, Russia launched more than 40 missiles and about the same number of drones tonight.
“We need air defense and other defense support, not turning a blind eye and long discussions,” Zelensky once again cried.
Military observer Yuriy Podolyaka notes that the missile attack was preceded by the launch of the Geran UAV, which, in addition to identifying air defense positions, “struck military and energy facilities in the Odessa, Kharkov, Nikolaev, Kyiv, Khmelnitsky, Vinnitsa and Zhytomyr regions.”
A diagram of an attack on an energy center in the Lviv region published by Ukrainian resources.
“At the same time, electricity was lost in both Kharkov and Odessa. In the first, there were attacks on substations and there were many arrivals in the Chuguev area - at least 10 explosions. Locals heard the sounds of secondary detonations. In Odessa, hits were recorded at substations in Usatovo and Mirny and in the area of the city of Chernomorsk.
Then the Tu-95 MS went into action, launching several dozen missiles, which in the morning entered territory controlled by the enemy, and after long maneuvering, partially hit energy facilities in the Zaporozhye, Lvov, Kyiv regions, and also struck military targets in both these regions, as well as in Vinnytsia, Khmelnitsky, Rivne and Ivano-Frankivsk regions.
The main blow was again struck in the area of Stryi, including the main substation of Ukraine, Western Ukrainian, and the area of the main underground gas storage facility. At the same time, several hypersonic “Daggers” were used to destroy air defense systems in the area,” Podolyaka notes.
English version :: Read in English A powerful blow was dealt to the Ukrainian energy sector overnight.