“Earlier, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Energy Denys Shmyhal reported that the Russian military carried out another massive attack on energy facilities in Ukraine”, — write: www.radiosvoboda.org
“We have damage to residential buildings and critical infrastructure. According to preliminary information, two people were injured. Currently, there is a power outage in the region. There may be problems with water supply,” Oleksandr Koval, head of the Rivne OVA, wrote in a telegram.
Later, he added, without details, that there was also a hit in an apartment building. Later, the head of the OVA reported that the house was being inspected, and according to preliminary information, no one was injured.
The head of the Khmelnytskyi OVA, Serhiy Tyurin, said that as a result of the attack, a residential building was damaged, and a man born in 1971 was injured – his leg was injured. The victim was hospitalized.
Earlier, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Energy Denys Shmyhal reported that the Russian military carried out another mass attack on energy facilities of Ukraine. According to him, substations and overhead lines of 750 kV and 330 kV – “the basis of the energy network of Ukraine” – were under attack, as well as generation: Burshtynska TPP (located in Ivano-Frankivsk region) and Dobrotvirska TPP (in Lviv region).
“Ukrenergo” stated that due to the damage caused, emergency shutdowns of electricity were applied in most regions.
According to the Air Force of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and the heads of regional military administrations, during the night the Russian military carried out a massive attack on Ukraine using missiles and drones. In particular, Kyiv, Poltava, Kirovohrad, Cherkasy, Vinnytsia, Khmelnytsky, Rivne, Ternopil, Ivano-Frankivsk, Lviv, Zakarpattia regions were under attack.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine previously stated that it qualifies the Russian strikes on energy, which deprive Ukrainians of heat supply against the background of severe frosts, as acts of genocide.