‘Massive enemy attack’: Russia strikes Ukraine’s energy infrastructure
Al Jazeera
Russian missile attacks reported across Ukraine with power cuts declared in Kyiv, Odesa, Dnipro and Donetsk regions.
Ukraine’s power infrastructure has come “under massive enemy attack”, according to the country’s energy minister, after a nationwide air raid alert was issued due to incoming Russian missiles.
In a Facebook post on Thursday, Energy Minister German Galushchenko said that “attacks on energy facilities are taking place across Ukraine”, adding that the national power grid’s operator had “urgently introduced emergency power cuts”.
Russia’s Ministry of Defence has not yet made any announcements.
Explosions were heard in the Ukrainian cities of Odesa, Kropyvnytskyi, Kharkiv, Rivne and Lutsk on Thursday morning, Ukrainian news outlets Dzerkalo Tyzhnia and Suspilne said.
“Air defence forces work in the capital. Stay in shelters!” Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko said on the Telegram messaging app.
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