KYIV: Russia’s military on Thursday (Nov 28) launched an enormous assault on Ukraine’s power sector, forcing emergency energy outages as temperatures dropped to freezing throughout the nation.
Ukraine’s energy grid has been heavily targeted since Russia invaded in February 2022, with Kyiv accusing Moscow of “terror” ways by making an attempt to plunge Ukrainian cities into darkness and lower off heating to civilians all through the winter.
The in a single day strikes come after two weeks of dramatic escalation that has seen either side launch new weapons to gain the upper hand forward of Donald Trump being inaugurated as US president in January.
Ukraine’s Vitality Minister German Galushchenko stated energy infrastructure was “underneath huge enemy assault” after a national air alert was issued for incoming missiles.
The air drive reported a string of Russian cruise missiles and assault drones heading for cities throughout the nation, together with the capital Kyiv, Kharkiv within the northeast and the Black Sea port metropolis of Odesa.
“As soon as once more, the power sector is underneath huge enemy assault. Assaults on power amenities are happening throughout Ukraine,” Galushchenko stated.
Nationwide energy grid operator Ukrenergo had “urgently launched emergency energy cuts”, he added, as temperatures dropped to round 0 levels Celsius.
Vitality supplier DTEK stated Ukrenergo was introducing emergency energy outages within the areas of Kyiv, Odesa, Dnipro and Donetsk.
The nationwide assault was ongoing as of 8am (2pm, Singapore time), in response to messages from the air drive.
“As quickly because the safety scenario will enable it, the implications (of the strikes) will probably be specified,” Galushchenko stated.
