“According to preliminary information from the rescue teams, two people died,” declared Oleg Synegoubov on the Telegram social network, adding that the number of injured was 15.
In early May, Moscow launched a surprise ground offensive in the region and fighting remains fierce.
On Friday night, Ukraine was the target of yet another “massive” Russian attack, the eighth in the last three months, on its already fragile energy infrastructure.
This morning, the Ukrainian Ministry of Energy said that Russian armed forces launched a new “massive attack” on energy infrastructure in western and southern Ukraine this morning.
“The facilities of Ukrenergo [Ukrainian operator] in the regions of Zaporijia [south] and Lviv [west] were damaged,” said the ministry, noting that two employees were hospitalized in Zaporijia.
This was the eighth massive attack on Ukrainian power plants in the last three months, according to the ministry.
On Thursday, Ukrainian authorities said energy infrastructure, including a power plant, was damaged after a strong Russian attack overnight, which left seven employees injured.
According to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, Russia has destroyed half of Ukraine’s energy capacity by intensifying attacks.
On the same day, Zelensky called for the installation of solar panels and energy storage units “in all schools and hospitals as quickly as possible.”
Operator DTEK’s chief executive Maxime Timtchenko said Ukraine risks being “confronted with a serious crisis this winter” if Western partners do not help.
Kiev has asked its allies for support to rebuild the electricity grid – a project that requires huge investments – and to provide more air defense equipment to combat Russian bombing.
In this context, Washington “took the difficult but necessary decision” to give Ukraine priority over other allies, with regard to the supply of missiles used in air defense.
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