Moscow launched a large-scale attack on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure Friday, with a mass barrage of 99 drones and missiles hitting regions across the country, Ukraine’s armed forces said. Air raid warnings rang out across the nation, with 10 Ukrainian regions coming under fire, the country’s interior minister, Ihor Klymenko, said.
Dnister Hydroelectric station, near the city of Novodnistrovsk, Ukraine, is approximately nine miles from the border with Moldova. “Not only is Ukraine under threat, but Moldova too,” Zelensky said. “The water will not stop in front of the border.” DTEK, Ukraine’s largest private electricity operator, also said that three of its thermal power plants had been damaged in the attacks. It announced emergency power shutdowns in the city of Odesa, leaving several neighborhoods without power.