Russia launched an assault on Ukraine‘s energy infrastructure and urban areas in the eastern region using cruise and ballistic missiles on Wednesday morning, according to Ukraine’s energy minister and local officials.
Mayor Ihor Terekhov reported that at least three individuals were injured in a missile strike on Kharkiv, located in northeastern Ukraine. The Ukrainian air force confirmed that ballistic missiles targeted Kharkiv, while regional governor Oleh Syniehubov noted on the Telegram messaging platform that there were “damages to civilian non-residential infrastructure.”
In a separate update, Dnipropetrovsk Governor Serhiy Lysak stated on Telegram that the Russian military has been conducting extensive attacks on the Dnipro region since the morning, aiming to dismantle the area’s power system. Ukrainian energy minister German Galushchenko mentioned on Facebook that Russia “is massively attacking the power sector,” leading the transmission system operator to implement restrictions on electricity supply to mitigate the effects.
Since spring 2024, Russia has escalated its assaults on Ukraine’s energy sector, inflicting damage on nearly half of its generating capacity and resulting in prolonged blackouts across the nation. Earlier on Wednesday, the Ukrainian military issued a nationwide air alert in response to the launch of Russian cruise missiles, with local authorities and the air force reporting missile overflights in various regions, including eastern, central, southern, and western areas.
In a previous large-scale missile attack on November 17, Russia fired 120 missiles and 90 drones, resulting in at least seven fatalities and significant damage to the power infrastructure. The power distributor DTEK subsequently implemented emergency power cuts lasting up to eight hours in many parts of Ukraine.
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