Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha said on Sunday (Nov 17) that Russia pounded Ukraine with one of the most significant aerial attacks that targeted Ukraine’s energy infrastructure.
Russia launched one of the most significant air attacks: drones and missiles against peaceful cities, sleeping civilians, critical infrastructure,” Foreign Minister Sybiha said.
A report by the news agency AFP said Ukraine was forced to cut power in the capital city of Kyiv and two other regions in the east. Emergency power cuts in Kyiv, in the Kyiv region, in the Donetsk region, in the Dnipropetrovsk region,” said the country’s energy operator DTEK in a post on Telegram.
Earlier, Ukrainian Energy Minister German Galushchenko said that Russian forces were attacking “electricity generation and transmission facilities throughout the country.” AFP reported that explosions were heard early Sunday in Kyiv and close to Sloviansk in the Donetsk region.
Recently, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said the Russian offensive destroyed half of the country’s energy production capacity. The war between Russia and Ukraine has been ongoing since late February 2022.
