“Serhiy Tyurin urged to use electricity sparingly in order to give the energy system the opportunity to stabilize”, — write: www.radiosvoboda.org
But due to damage to power facilities during today’s massive attack, there is an hourly blackout schedule in place, so he called for energy savings to allow the power system to stabilize.
On November 28, the Russian military carried out a massive missile attack, in many cities the sounds of explosions were heard, and air defense was working. The Minister of Energy of Ukraine Herman Galushchenko said that the Russian Federation is attacking the energy infrastructure. According to the OVA, six Russian missiles were shot down in Khmelnytskyi region, due to the attack of the Russian Federation there was a partial lack of electricity supply in the Shepetiv and Khmelnytskyi districts.
The local authorities also reported on Russian attacks on critical infrastructure facilities in Rivne region, Carpathian region and Lviv region.
The Armed Forces previously reported the downing of 76 (out of 85 launched) Kh-101/Kalibr cruise missiles, three Kh-59/69 guided air missiles and 35 Shahed-type attack UAVs and unmanned aerial vehicles of an unspecified type, and 62 drones were “lost in location” . In total, Russia attacked 188 means of air attack.
According to the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, as a result of the Russian attack, there were 12 hits, mainly on the objects of the fuel and energy sector.
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.