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Russia seriously damaged one of Ukraine’s thermal power plants in an overnight attack, officials said Wednesday moscow As winter approached, they launched their campaign to deprive Ukrainians of heat, light, and running water.
According to DTEK, Ukraine’s largest electricity operator, two employees were injured in the attack. It did not provide any further information, including the location of the plant.
Ukrainian officials release few details about routine Russian attacks on their power grids in order to deny intelligence to the enemy. Meanwhile, repair crews work around the clock to repair the damage.
The energy sector has been a major battleground since Russia launched an all-out invasion of its neighbor more than three years ago.
Every year, Russia has tried to paralyze the Ukrainian power grid before a harsh winter, hoping to break public morale and disrupt military manufacturing. Ukraine has accused Moscow of weaponizing winter.
Ukraine’s winter lasts from late October to March, with January and February being the coldest months.
Meanwhile, Ukraine has been carrying out long-range attacks on Russian energy supplies, recently causing power outages in some Russian areas along the border.
The Russian Defense Ministry said on Wednesday that its air defenses intercepted 53 Ukrainian drones in nine Russian regions overnight.
The Ukrainian town of Shostka in the northeastern Sumy region has been badly hit by a Russian attack against power supplies, officials say.
According to regional head Oleh Hryhorov, authorities have set up tents where locals can warm up, drink hot tea, charge their phones and receive psychological support.
He posted pictures on Telegram People cooking in an outdoor kitchen on the street over an open fire on Tuesday.
Shostka Mayor Mykola Noah posted the locations of 11 places in the city where locals could get food and tea. “Please bring your own dishes,” he wrote Facebook Wednesday morning.
Russia also attacked energy infrastructure in Ukraine’s northern Chernihiv, southern Kherson and the southeastern Dnipropetrovsk region, officials said.
Ukraine’s air force said it intercepted or jammed 154 of the 183 Russian strikes and fake drones fired on the country overnight.
Meanwhile, Ukrainian rockets killed three people and injured another in Russia’s Belgorod border region, where previous attacks had caused power outages, Governor Vyacheslav Gladkov said on Wednesday.
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