“The Russian attack on critical infrastructure was also reported in Cherkasy region”, — write: www.radiosvoboda.org
“27 settlements have been disconnected from electricity supply. All relevant services are starting to eliminate the consequences of enemy strikes,” he wrote in a telegram on the morning of October 22.
The Russian attack on critical infrastructure was also reported in Cherkasy region.
The head of OVA Ihor Taburets reported that during the last alarms three Russian missiles and 17 unmanned aerial vehicles were destroyed in the region.
“There were no casualties… However, there are consequences for critical infrastructure… Emergency power outages have been implemented in the region due to the difficult situation in the country’s energy system,” the report says.
Taburets added that in the Bobrytsk Territorial Community, drone fragments damaged windows in three residential buildings, as well as a cemetery, and in Kanivsk Territory, garages and vehicles were damaged as a result of shelling.
According to the Air Force, Russian troops attacked Ukraine with drones and missiles at night.
According to President Volodymyr Zelenskyi, the power sector was mainly hit, but there were also many hits to residential buildings, which caused fires in Zaporizhzhia, Kyiv. Kyiv, Odesa, Chernihiv, Dnipropetrovsk, Kirovohrad, Poltava, Vinnytsia, Zaporizhzhya, Cherkasy and Sumy regions were affected.
The authorities of Kyiv reported on the two deaths as a result of the Russian strike. Four dead, including two children, were reported in the Kyiv Oblast in the Brovar district of the Kyiv region.
“Ukrenergo” noted that in most regions of Ukraine, after the night attack of the Russian Federation, emergency power outages were introduced.
In recent weeks, the Russian military has intensified its shelling of the Ukrainian energy and gas infrastructure, which supplies people with gas during the heating season.