Russia bombed 4 Ukrainian power grids with missiles

Ukrainian government acknowledges serious damage

Russia attacked with missiles during the night four power plants in three regions of Ukrainestated the Ukrainian Minister of Energy, which he said suffered “serious damage” in these attacks “massive”.

The Russian military has intensified its attacks on the Ukrainian power grid in recent months, causing blackouts and forcing Ukrainian authorities to ask residents to limit their energy consumption.

According to the Ukrainian Minister of Energy, German Galushchenkothe attack caused “damage” in facilities in the regions of Dnipropetrovsk, Ivano-Frankivsk and Lviv, in the center-west and west of the country.

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The Lviv and Ivano-Frankivsk regions are located near the border with the European Union and hundreds of kilometers from the front line.

According to the Ukrainian air force, Russia fired 34 missiles, 21 of which were shot down.

“We managed to knock some down. But the world has every possibility to help shoot down all the Russian missiles and all the Russian drones.”Zelensky stressed.

The private Ukrainian electricity operator DTEK specified that four of its thermal plants registered “serious damage” after the bombings.

The public operator Ukrenergo, for its part, disconnected its main power line in the west of the country as a precaution, and again asked all users to limit their electricity consumption.

The head of the western region of Lviv, Maksim Kozitski, asked residents not to use high-energy devices between 7:00 p.m. and 10:00 p.m. to preserve the electricity supply.

Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk indicated on the X network that one of the missiles fired by Russia at night fell in Ukraine, “15 km” from the Polish border.