The Kremlin is targeting infrastructure in Ukraine ahead of typically bitter winter weather.
Russia has conducted a “massive” attack against Ukraine’s energy infrastructure, firing nearly 200 missiles and drones and leaving more than a million households without power, Ukrainian officials said.
Russia in previous years has targeted Ukraine’s electricity generation, aiming to deny civilians critical heating and drinking water supplies during the bitter winter months and break Ukrainian spirits. But the Ukrainian air force claimed to have shot down 76 cruise missiles and three other types of missile as well as 32 drones.
Around half of Ukraine’s energy infrastructure has been destroyed during almost three years of war with Russia, and rolling electricity blackouts are common. Kyiv’s Western allies have sought to help Ukraine protect power generation with air defence systems and funds for rebuilding.
Explosions in Thursday’s Russian attack were reported in Kyiv, Kharkiv, Rivne, Khmelnytskyi, Lutsk, and many other cities in central and western Ukraine. The head of Ukraine’s presidential office, Andrii Yermak, said in a Telegram post that Russia had stockpiled missiles to strike Ukrainian infrastructure and wage war against civilians during the cold season. “They were helped by their crazy allies, including from North Korea,” he wrote.
There were also strikes on the bordering Volyn region, where 215,000 households had no electricity, regional head Ivan Rudnytskyi said.Energy infrastructure was also targeted in the western Ivano-Frankivsk region, local officials said. Air defences were activated there, and emergency power outages were introduced.
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