The occupants attacked three DTEK thermal power plants. The equipment was severely damaged. After the attack, engineers started to deal with the consequences’, said the DTEK energy provider.
‘At least five people were wounded in Russian strikes in the Kamianske district’, according to the media reports.
Local television channels in Ukraine reported that explosions were heard in the Ivano-Frankivsk and Khmelnytskyi regions, as well as the city of Dnipro, as Russian cruise missiles were spotted in Ukrainian airspace.
On Saturday, Ukrenerho, a Ukrainian power grid operator, said that Russia had once again attacked Ukraine’s energy sector, damaging thermal and hydroelectric power plants in the central and western regions.
Ukrenerho also reported emergency shutdowns in southeastern Dnipropetrovsk Province, with power facilities also affected in Poltava and Cherkasy regions.
Russia’s missile and drone strikes have caused damage to the energy sector in Ukraine. Kyiv halted power exports and is relying on imports. DTEK has lost about 50 % of its capacity due to Russian attacks.
Ukrainian Energy Minister German Galushchenko also confirmed that facilities in the regions of Dnipropetrovsk, Poltava, and Cherkasy were attacked.
‘Electricity generation facilities were targeted by drones and missiles. The enemy launched a powerful missile and air strike against the fuel and energy sector of Ukraine, using various types of missiles and attack drones’, Galushchenko wrote on Facebook
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