Several people were injured in the widespread Russian attack, and emergency blackouts were introduced in many regions.
Vitaly Klitschko, the mayor of Kyiv, announced that the explosions had hit the southwestern part of the capital, and the rescue services were already on their way to the scene. Authorities have shut down most of the power to minimize damage to key infrastructure if they are hit.
According to the information of the Ukrainian army, the country was attacked with 81 missiles and 8 drones, including Kinzal hypersonic missiles, which the Ukrainian air defense could not repel. On the other hand, according to the information of the armed forces, they managed to shoot down 34 other types of rockets. They also destroyed 4 Sahed kamikaze drones. Due to the attack, the Russian-controlled Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant was once again left without electricity, the Ukrainian nuclear energy agency Enerhoatom announced. In this way, diesel generators generate electricity for the power plant, which has enough fuel for 10 days.
“Terrorists are doing everything again to keep us without electricity. They continue to terrorize innocent people,” Andriy Jermak, chief of staff of the Ukrainian president, wrote on Telegram.
According to the occupying Russian authorities, the shutdown of the power plant’s power supply is a “provocation”.
Ukrainian authorities reported explosions from several locations, including Zhytomyr, Rivne, Dnipropetrovsk and Vinnytsia regions.
Maksym Marchenko, the governor of Odesa County in southern Ukraine, said that a heavy rocket attack hit the port city’s electrical station, which caused a power outage.
“The severe rocket attack damaged the power supply network and several residential buildings, which is why we ordered a power cut in some places, but fortunately there were no fatalities. Ukrainian air defense units shot down some missiles, but more attacks are expected,” Marchenko reported on the Telegram social network.
The governor of Kharkiv County also announced that the energy infrastructure was once again the target. Oleh Szinyehubov also reported that the city and its surroundings were hit by 15 rockets, and the assessment of the damage and the search for possible victims is underway. The mayor of the city of Kharkiv reported that there is no electricity, water, or heating in the settlement.
According to the Ukrainian news portal Obozrevatel, two people were injured in Kharkiv when the rockets hit near their house.
Several areas were hit, including Dnipro and Lutsk in western Ukraine, which are located far from the front line. Five people died in Lviv, and one person died in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast.