Russia Attacks Ukraine Energy Network in Christmas Assault [View all]
Source: Bloomberg
Russia launched a large-scale missile attack on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure, prompting the country’s grid operator to limit power supplies on Christmas Day.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Telegram Wednesday the assault from Moscow included 70 missiles, some of them ballistic, and more than 100 attack drones. Russia separately said it downed 59 Ukrainian drones overnight over several regions.
Ukraine’s power grid operator, Ukrenergo, restricted electricity as a precautionary measure, according to another Telegram post. Energy Minister German Galushchenko said the step was necessary to “minimize the negative consequences for the energy system.”
In the Kharkiv region in eastern Ukraine, 500,000 people have been left without heat, Deputy Prime Minister Oleksiy Kuleba said, according to RBC Ukraine.
Read more: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-12-25/ukraine-limits-power-supplies-amid-russian-attack-at-christmas
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