Russia carried out a “massive attack” against Ukraine on the night of Wednesday to Thursday and targeted its energy infrastructure across the country. Strikes targeted “production facilities and transmission systems” in the regions of kyiv, Kharkiv (northeast), Zaporizhia (south) and Lviv (west) “The enemy is attacking our energy infrastructure again! ", affirmed Ukrainian Minister of Energy German Galushchenko on the social network Telegram.
Two thermal power plants of the Ukrainian energy supplier DTEK were attacked, the company reported on Telegram, without specifying their location. Around 200,000 subscribers were deprived of electricity in the kyv region, according to the head of the local military administration, Ruslan Kravchenko. Moscow used cruise missiles as well as Iranian-made Shahed drones. Ukraine was able to destroy 37 of the 40 drones launched against it, the army said. The metro will be closed for the next few hours, so plan your journey accordingly, said the regional governor.