Temporary restrictions on electricity consumption will be introduced in all Ukrainian regions tomorrow after the massive Russian strikes on the country's energy infrastructure. the national energy operator “Ukrenergo” announced today, quoted by Reuters, BTA reported.
„Tomorrow, November 18, all districts will be forced to apply restrictive measures on consumption”, due to “the damage caused to electrical equipment during the massive missile and drone attack”, the operator wrote on social networks, indicating France Press.
The statement also said that temporary power outages will last from 6:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. and that utility workers will repair the damage as quickly as possible.
According to representatives of the Ukrainian authorities, Russia carried out one of its biggest attacks against Ukraine since the beginning of the almost three-year war last night, which led to power outages and great anxiety in connection with the coming cold winter, the world agencies reported.
Hundreds of rockets and drones flew in the sky over Kiev, killing at least four people, injuring dozens and damaging the country's already shaky power grid. The attack was carried out on the eve of the 1,000th anniversary of the start of the war.
Russian forces used 120 missiles and 90 unmanned aerial vehicles in a massive combined attack on Ukraine's energy infrastructure early this morning, and Ukrainian air defense forces destroyed more than 140 aerial targets, X said. President Volodymyr Zelensky, quoted by Ukrinform.
"The large-scale combined attack was directed against all regions of Ukraine. During the night and this morning, Russian terrorists used various types of unmanned aerial vehicles, including Shahed, as well as cruise, ballistic and aeroballistic missiles - Zircon, Iskander-M; and "Dagger". In total, about 120 rockets and 90 drones were launched. Our air defense forces destroyed over 140 air targets," Zelensky wrote.
According to the Ukrainian president, the enemy has targeted the energy infrastructure throughout Ukraine, Ukrinform notes.