Firefighters extinguish a fire at an electrical substation after a missile attack in Kharkiv, on March 22, 2024, amid the Russian invasion in Ukraine. on Friday that it was “in a state of war,” as it launched a massive wave of missile and drone attacks on its neighbour’s territory.
The admission marks an escalation in official language used to describe the conflict, which the Kremlin initially referred to as a “special military operation”. “Dozens of power system facilities have been damaged,” including thermal and hydroelectric power plants, as well as major and regional power lines and blackouts had hit seven regions, it added.
“Russian missiles do not have delays, as do aid packages to our country. The ‘Shahed’ have no indecision, like some politicians. It is important to understand the cost of delays and postponed decisions,” he said. “The goal is not just to damage, but to try again, like last year, to cause a large-scale failure of the country’s energy system,” said energy minister German Galushchenko.
“In case of their failure, a threat of a nuclear and radiation accident will emerge,” said Energoatom.A Russian missile also hit a trolleybus at the Dnipro hydroelectric station, officials said.Three people were killed in Zaporizhzhia, the city where the power station is located, Governor Ivan Fedorov said. He did not say whether it was in the strike on the dam.