KYIV: Russia attacked electrical energy services in a lot of Ukraine, together with the nation’s largest hydroelectric plant, inflicting widespread outages and killing not less than three individuals, officers mentioned Friday.
Power Minister German Galushchenko mentioned the nighttime drone and rocket assaults had been “the biggest assault on the Ukrainian power sector in current instances.The aim is not only to wreck, however to strive once more, like final 12 months, to trigger a large-scale disruption of the nation’s power system.”
The assaults precipitated a hearth on the Dnipro Hydroelectric Station, which provides electrical energy to the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Energy Plant, Europe’s largest nuclear energy set up.
The primary 750-kilovolt energy line to the plant was minimize off, Worldwide Atomic Power Company head Rafael Grossi mentioned early Friday. A lower-power backup line was working, he mentioned.
The plant is occupied by Russian troops, and combating across the plant has been a continuing concern due to the potential for a nuclear accident.
The dam on the hydroelectric station was not in peril of breaching, the nation’s hydroelectric authority mentioned. A dam breach couldn’t solely disrupt provides to the nuclear plant however would probably trigger extreme flooding much like what occurred final 12 months when a serious dam at Kakhovka additional down the Dnieper collapsed.
One individual was killed and not less than eight injured within the Russian assault, mentioned Zaporizhzhia regional governor Ivan Fedorov.
Assaults on power services within the Kharkiv area precipitated blackouts, and different assaults had been reported in areas of western Ukraine removed from the entrance strains. Two individuals died within the Khmelnytskyi area, in response to the Inside Affairs Ministry.
“The world sees the targets of Russian terrorists as clearly as doable: energy crops and power provide strains, a hydroelectric dam, peculiar residential buildings, even a trolleybus. Russia is combating towards the peculiar life of individuals,” President Volodymyr Zelenskyy mentioned Friday on the Telegram messaging app.
Russian officers mentioned Friday that one individual died and not less than three had been injured in Ukrainian shelling of areas close to the border.
The governor of the Belgorod area, Vyacheslav Gladkov, mentioned a lady was killed when a shell hit close by whereas she was strolling her canine and that two others had been injured. The city of Tetkino within the Kursk area was shelled, injuring one individual, mentioned Gov. Roman Starovoit.
Each areas have been topic to shelling and drone assaults in current weeks and officers have mentioned that makes an attempt by Ukrainian fighters to cross into Russian territory have been repelled.
Power Minister German Galushchenko mentioned the nighttime drone and rocket assaults had been “the biggest assault on the Ukrainian power sector in current instances.The aim is not only to wreck, however to strive once more, like final 12 months, to trigger a large-scale disruption of the nation’s power system.”
The assaults precipitated a hearth on the Dnipro Hydroelectric Station, which provides electrical energy to the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Energy Plant, Europe’s largest nuclear energy set up.
The primary 750-kilovolt energy line to the plant was minimize off, Worldwide Atomic Power Company head Rafael Grossi mentioned early Friday. A lower-power backup line was working, he mentioned.
The plant is occupied by Russian troops, and combating across the plant has been a continuing concern due to the potential for a nuclear accident.
The dam on the hydroelectric station was not in peril of breaching, the nation’s hydroelectric authority mentioned. A dam breach couldn’t solely disrupt provides to the nuclear plant however would probably trigger extreme flooding much like what occurred final 12 months when a serious dam at Kakhovka additional down the Dnieper collapsed.
One individual was killed and not less than eight injured within the Russian assault, mentioned Zaporizhzhia regional governor Ivan Fedorov.
Assaults on power services within the Kharkiv area precipitated blackouts, and different assaults had been reported in areas of western Ukraine removed from the entrance strains. Two individuals died within the Khmelnytskyi area, in response to the Inside Affairs Ministry.
“The world sees the targets of Russian terrorists as clearly as doable: energy crops and power provide strains, a hydroelectric dam, peculiar residential buildings, even a trolleybus. Russia is combating towards the peculiar life of individuals,” President Volodymyr Zelenskyy mentioned Friday on the Telegram messaging app.
Russian officers mentioned Friday that one individual died and not less than three had been injured in Ukrainian shelling of areas close to the border.
The governor of the Belgorod area, Vyacheslav Gladkov, mentioned a lady was killed when a shell hit close by whereas she was strolling her canine and that two others had been injured. The city of Tetkino within the Kursk area was shelled, injuring one individual, mentioned Gov. Roman Starovoit.
Each areas have been topic to shelling and drone assaults in current weeks and officers have mentioned that makes an attempt by Ukrainian fighters to cross into Russian territory have been repelled.
