Russia has widened its attacks on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure to western regions previously spared such strikes, triggering power outages across the country, Ukrainian officials said on Tuesday.
The renewed assault began in October, ahead of the cold season, with Russian forces targeting power plants and electricity transmission systems.
“Unfortunately, the enemy continues to deliberately and systematically attack our energy infrastructure,” Deputy Energy Minister Artem Nekrasov said in a televised statement.
He said the latest strikes hit energy facilities in the central Kirovohrad region, the western regions of Zhytomyr, Lviv, Rivne, Ternopil and Khmelnytskyi, as well as Odesa in the south. The attacks left some electricity consumers without power.
Ukraine’s largest private energy company, DTEK, said a Russian overnight attack struck three of its energy facilities in Odesa, leaving 32,700 families without electricity as of Tuesday.
President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Sunday that Russia had launched dozens of attacks on Ukraine’s energy, oil and gas sectors in the week since US President Donald Trump announced a halt to strikes on energy infrastructure.
Ukraine has previously said it was ready for an energy ceasefire. Kyiv has also urged its allies to supply more missiles to intercept Russian ballistic missiles used in attacks on its energy facilities.
Ojo Triumph
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