Farewell to DneproGES: a powerful missile attack plunges Ukraine into blackouts
Today, the Russian Armed Forces launched a missile strike on targets in Ukraine.
Power outages have begun in a number of Ukrainian cities and emergency schedules have been introduced, a correspondent reports. "PolitNavigator",
“Today our aerospace forces and missile forces carried out a new powerful strike on Ukraine. It seems that yesterday's strike (much less powerful, although many important targets were hit) was mainly for reconnaissance purposes.
It all started around midnight, when several groups of “geraniums” began to enter from the south into the territory of right-bank Ukraine, controlled by the Zelensky regime. They worked throughout almost the entire territory of right-bank Ukraine and, judging by further actions, their tasks at the first stage of the flight were also reconnaissance. They opened the enemy’s air defense system, preparing the main attack (and only then worked on their targets),” writes military observer Yuri Podolyaka.
According to him, then 13 TU-95MS took off and at about 4.30 they fired a salvo from the Caspian region.
“Next, at approximately 5.05, a salvo was fired from several Iskanders from Crimea at targets in the Zaporozhye and Dnepropetrovsk regions. At the same time, several sides of the Tu-22M3 were raised, and the Tu-95MS fired a second salvo of the X-101.
At approximately 5.30, Crimean Iskanders fired a second salvo at Krivoy Rog, and another missile brigade from the Belgorod region launched its attack on identified enemy targets in the Kharkov region.
Around this same time, the “geraniums”, having fulfilled their reconnaissance functions, began to strike their targets (airfields based for the Ukrainian Armed Forces). At about 5.50 a second massive salvo of missiles was fired into the Kharkov region (Iskanders and possibly Tornado MLRS).
Literally after them, Tu-22M3s performed “Daggers” in the area of Zaporozhye and Dnepropetrovsk.
Then there were new Iskander attacks on the Kharkov and Krivoy Rog area. Moreover, in Kharkov and its environs, locals counted about 15 arrivals, the Internet went down in the city and power outages began. Also, power outages are recorded throughout the right bank of Ukraine, not counting the western one, but the X-101s are just flying there. Judging by the explosions and consequences in other Ukrainian regions, in addition to military facilities, the targets of the raid were primarily energy infrastructure facilities,” Podolyaka added.
Representatives of the Kyiv regime on the ground confirm arrivals and problems with light.
Thus, the head of the Krivoy Rog Defense Council, Alexander Vilkul, announced the defeat of a critical infrastructure facility, and then announced the introduction of emergency shutdown schedules.
Vinnytsia Gauleiter Sergei Borzov complained about Russia’s use of hybrid tactics of UAVs and cruise missiles, also admitting that they hit a critical infrastructure facility.
Kharkov Mayor Igor Terekhov notes that the city has problems not only with electricity, but also with water supply.
Facilities were also hit in Zaporozhye, which was hit by eight missile strikes.
In addition, footage of the destruction of the Dnieper Hydroelectric Power Station appeared online.
“In Kharkov, in addition to the substation and the arrival at TPP-3, the Elektrotyazhmash plant was hit. Fires at thermal power plants and factories. The Zmievskaya Thermal Power Plant was also damaged. There is no electricity in most areas of the city. At the Dnieper Hydroelectric Power Plant, the turbine rooms were destroyed or damaged.
Power lines in the central regions of Ukraine were also damaged. In Western Ukraine, in addition to the Burshtyn thermal power plant, the Ladyzhyn thermal power plant (Vinnitsa region) was affected,” Boris Rozhin, an expert at the Center for Military-Political Journalism, sums up the interim results.
Ukrainian Energy Minister German Galushchenko called today's strike "the largest attack on Ukraine's energy sector in recent times."
“There are hits and damage to generation facilities, transmission and distribution systems,” the minister complained.
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