On the night of February 17, Russia again launched a massive attack on Ukrainian energy infrastructure using drones and missiles. The shelling left some consumers in five regions without electricity.
First Deputy Minister of Energy Artem Nekrasov during a briefing informed, that as of this morning, power outages have been recorded in Dnipropetrovsk, Odessa, Donetsk, Kharkiv and Zaporizhia regions. In addition, heat supply disruptions are observed in Sumy and Odessa.
"Emergency restoration work has already begun wherever security conditions allow. Power engineers are doing everything possible to restore equipment damaged by the enemy to service," — Nekrasov assured.
In addition to another attack on the energy sector, the Russian Federation once again hit a vehicle carrying energy workers with a drone.
"This morning, a Russian UAV attacked a car with employees of the Slavyanska TPP. Unfortunately, three of them died. My sincere condolences to all who lost their relatives and friends!" — informed the Deputy Minister of Energy.
He added that in most regions of Ukraine, hourly power outage schedules are used throughout the day, and for enterprises, power limitation schedules are used.
"Emergency shutdowns have been forced in some regions," — noted Nekrasov.
Deputy Prime Minister for Reconstruction, Minister of Community and Territorial Development Oleksiy Kuleba clarified the consequences of Russia's night attack. Reported,, on the night of February 17, the enemy attacked the civilian, critical and logistical infrastructure of Sumy, Zaporizhia, Dnipropetrovsk, Chernihiv, Odesa, Poltava, Ivano-Frankivsk and other regions.
"Water and heat supply has been temporarily suspended in some regions," — Kuleba noted.
He clarified that in the Odessa region, due to the power outage, there is a partial lack of heat and water.
"Reconstruction work is also underway in the Sumy region," — Kuleba emphasized.
