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Russia launches largest attack on Ukraine energy infrastructure since spring
BBC • • general
Key Points:
- Russia launched its largest attack on Ukraine's energy infrastructure since spring, primarily targeting Kyiv and surrounding areas, resulting in at least five deaths, including a child in the Kyiv region.
- The strikes caused widespread power outages affecting thousands of homes, with Ukraine's largest private energy firm DTEK restoring electricity to 8,000 households after a difficult night.
- The Trypilska power station, Kyiv's largest electricity supplier, was damaged in the attacks, confirmed by both the Russian defense ministry and the plant's operator.
- Eleven regions were targeted overnight, hitting residential buildings, social infrastructure, civilian enterprises, and railways, with ongoing power shortages prompting warnings against using high-power electrical appliances during peak hours.
- Ukraine's military reported retaliatory strikes on Russian targets, including a drone warehouse in the occupied Donetsk region, while Russia claimed to have intercepted over 380 Ukrainian drones across various regions, including Moscow.
