A Russian missile attack pounded power facilities in the centre and west of Ukraine on Saturday, mounting pressure on the ailing energy system as the country faces a shortage of air defences despite a breakthrough in U.S. military aid.Posted: Apr 27, 2024 10:39 AM EDT | Last Updated: 1 hour ago
"The enemy again massively shelled Ukrainian energy facilities," said DTEK, the largest private electricity company, adding that four of its six thermal power plants had suffered new damage overnight. In President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's hometown of Kryvyi Rih, the supply of running water was disrupted after strikes on energy facilities in the central Dnipropetrovsk region, officials said.
None of the hit facilities were identified by name — part of what authorities say is an essential security measure to prevent Russia quickly assessing the impact of its strikes. The drone strike conducted by the SBU security service caused fires at the facilities, the source said. Ukrainian drones also attacked Russia's Kushchevsk military airfield in the same southern region, the source added.
There were no planned blackouts for now in Lviv region, which lies some 900 kilometres from the eastern front, but the governor urged residents to economize on electricity use, especially during the evening hours of peak consumption.