““At the time of the incident, there were 590 workers in the mine, who were brought to the surface””, — write: www.radiosvoboda.org
“Donetsk region: a fire broke out as a result of the shelling of the industrial site of the mine. Combustion products did not enter the mine. At the time of the incident, there were 590 workers in the mine, who were brought to the surface. The fire has been extinguished. As a result of an inspection of the industrial site, an employee was found in one of the buildings, who died as a result of the injuries he received,” the report says.
The ministry added that over the past 24 hours, due to shelling and fighting, there were power outages in Dnipropetrovsk, Donetsk, Zaporizhzhia, Poltava, Sumy, Kharkiv and Kherson regions.
The Ministry of Energy emphasizes that the significant damage caused by Russia’s massive attacks, in particular one of the largest attacks on the energy sector on August 26, continues to complicate the operation of Ukraine’s energy system. In addition, Russian troops do not stop daily shelling of energy infrastructure facilities.
According to the ministry, since October 2022, Russia has carried out more than a thousand strikes on Ukrainian energy infrastructure facilities, and this year alone, 9 GW of generating capacity was lost due to strikes.
Last week, the UN mission said that Russian strikes on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure have caused significant damage and could lead to even more devastating consequences as winter approaches.