Ukraine’s air raid sirens have sounded off across the country, the national energy provider reports strikes on energy infrastructure facilities.
Photo: official air raid siren map
“Unfortunately, several high-voltage facilities in the eastern, western, and southern parts of the country have been hit which interrupted energy supply to several regions,” the company said.
Suspilne correspondents reported that several explosions had been heard in Kryvyi Rih. According to head of the region Oleksandr Vilkul, seven more missiles were flying towards the city.
Suspilne journalists also said that explosions could be heard in the Poltava region and Kharkiv. Head of the Poltava region Dmytro Lunin noted that air defence systems were intercepting projectiles.
“Another strike on Kharkiv’s critical infrastructure around 10 AM. Power and another utility supply can be interrupted today,” Kharkiv Mayor Ihor Terekhov said.
Kharkiv region head Oleh Synehubov said that 8 people had been injured in the attack, two of them are in critical condition.
Missile debris damaged a car and the roof of a private house in Kyiv, Mayor Vitali Klitschko noted.
Khmelnytsky Mayor Oleksandr Simchyshyn reported an explosion in the city, no other details were provided.
Moreover, Lviv Mayor Andriy Sadovyi said that explosions could be heard in the city. According to him, air defence systems are active.
Following the Russian drone and missile attack, heat-generating and water-supplying facilities as well as high-voltage infrastructure in six regions are damaged in Ukraine, said Ukrainian Energy Minister Herman Halushchenko.
Many regions of the country are experiencing emergency blackouts. The Zaporizhzhia, Kharkiv, and Khmelnitsky regions find themselves in the most difficult situation.
More attacks on critical infrastructure facilities were earlier reported in Ukraine’s Kharkiv, Zaporizhzhia, and Dnipro regions.
According to Anatoly Kurtev, senior Zaporizhzhia official, 17 strikes were recorded in the city in one hour. He noted that this is the largest shelling of Zaporizhzhia since the Ukraine war began.
