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Two workers were injured in the attack, according to DTEK,
Ukraine’s biggest electricity operator. It provided no further
information, including the plant’s location.
Ukrainian authorities release few details about the routine
Russian attacks on its power grid so as not to give away
intelligence to the enemy. Repair crews, meanwhile, work round
the clock to undo the damage.
The energy sector has been a key battleground since Russia
launched its all-out invasion of its neighbor more than three
years ago.
Each year, Russia has tried to cripple the Ukrainian power grid
ahead of the bitter winter, hoping to erode public morale and
disrupt military manufacturing. Ukraine has accused Moscow of
weaponizing winter.
Ukraine’s winter runs from late October through March, with
January and February the coldest months.
Ukraine, meanwhile, has been hitting back with long-range
strikes on the Russian energy supply, recently causing outages
in some Russian regions along the border.
The Russian Defense Ministry said Wednesday that its air
defenses overnight intercepted 53 Ukrainian drones over nine
Russian regions.
The Ukrainian town of Shostka, in the northeastern Sumy region,
has been hard hit by the Russian onslaught against the power
supply, officials say.
Authorities there have put up tents where locals can warm up,
drink hot tea, charge their phones and receive psychological
support, according to regional head Oleh Hryhorov.
He posted photos on Telegram of people cooking in outdoor
kitchens in the street over open fires on Tuesday.
Shostka Mayor Mykola Noha posted the locations of 11 places in
the town where locals can get food and tea. “Please bring your
own dishes,” he wrote on Facebook Wednesday morning.
Russia also struck energy infrastructure in Ukraine’s northern
Chernihiv, southern Kherson and southeastern Dnipropetrovsk
regions, authorities said.
Ukraine’s air force said it intercepted or jammed 154 out of 183
Russian strike and decoy drones fired at the country overnight.
Meanwhile, Ukrainian rockets killed three people and wounded one
more in Russia’s Belgorod border region, where previous attacks
have brought power outages, Gov. Vyacheslav Gladkov said
Wednesday.
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