On Friday, Ukrenergo said on the Telegram messaging app: “During the night, the Russians struck again at energy facilities in a massive and combined attack.”
“Thermal and hydroelectric power plants in the central and western regions were damaged.”
Regional officials said Russian forces had attacked infrastructure in the Kamianske district near the city of Dnipro. They added that at least one person suffered injuries.
German Galushchenko, the Ukrainian energy minister, also reported attacks on power facilities in the regions of Dnipropetrovsk, Poltava, and Cherkasy.
“Electricity generation facilities were targeted by drones and missiles,” Gelushchenko said on Facebook.
Later, in a statement, Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal reported that attacks had targeted energy facilities in six Ukrainian regions. He said Ukraine needs more air defense systems to secure critical infrastructure and protect the population.
The Ukrainian military said its air force had destroyed 58 Russia-launched attack drones overnight from a total of 60, along with 26 of the 39 missiles.
“The enemy launched a powerful missile and air strike against the fuel and energy sector of Ukraine, using various types of missiles and attack drones,” the commander said.
Ukrainian television said explosions were heard in the regions of Ivano-Frankivsk and Khmelnytskyi, as well as in the city of Dnipro, as Russian cruise missiles were spotted in Ukrainian airspace.
Meanwhile, the largest private power firm, DTEK, said its three thermal power plants had come under attack.
“The equipment was severely damaged,” it said on Telegram. “After the attack ended, the power engineers promptly started to repair the damage.”
Ukrainian power distributor Yasno said this week that DTEK lost about half its capacity following
Russian missile and drone attacks.
Ukrainian state-run oil and gas firm Naftogaz also said its facilities had come under attack on Friday morning.
“[Russian attacks] targeted Naftogaz Group’s facilities, but there was no serious damage,” it said in a statement, giving no more details.
