“The attack of the Russian Federation on December 13 was aimed at key objects of the energy infrastructure”, — write: www.radiosvoboda.org
In general, according to him, the latest attack of the Russian Federation was aimed at key objects of the energy infrastructure, both in terms of transmission and electricity generation.
“One of the characteristic features of the last attack was an attack on the network infrastructure, which is directly involved in the export-import operations between the systems of Ukraine and its European neighbors in order to reduce the possibility of attracting imports as much as possible, and ideally to achieve the disconnection of the Ukrainian system from the energy systems of Europe,” Boyko said.
Regarding the restoration of damaged facilities and easing of power outage schedules, Boyko noted that soon consumers “will feel the results of the colossal efforts of energy workers.”
For the first time in a long time, Ukrenergo does not plan to limit electricity consumption tomorrow.
The President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, said that December 13 was one of the largest strikes on the energy sector, when the Russian Federation carried out its last massive missile attack.
It was reported about the Russian attack on the objects of critical infrastructure in the Carpathian region and the Lviv region. In Ternopil Oblast, an industrial facility was damaged by a rocket strike, and a large-scale fire broke out.
According to the Ministry of Energy, since October 2022, Russia has carried out more than a thousand strikes on Ukrainian energy infrastructure facilities, this year alone 9 GW of generating capacity was lost due to strikes.