In Kyiv, Russian troops attacked all three power plants overnight: 600 thousand people without power – Center for Investigative Journalism

The targets of Russian ballistic missiles were energy system facilities in Kyiv,Kharkiv and the region, in particular, all three city power plants in the capital were attacked overnight.

Prime Minister Serhiy Koretsky stated this.

He added that the enemy also struck critical facilities in the Kyiv region that supply power to the capital and central regions.

Railway facilities were attacked in five regions. Thanks to timely evacuation, no one was injured. Recovery work continues.

“Energy workers and rescuers have been working at the sites of the night attack since early morning. Firefighting and debris removal are ongoing. Experts have already begun the initial restoration work at the attacked facilities,” the prime minister adds.

As a result of the Russian attack on the energy sector, by morning there are consumers without power in Kyiv, as well as in Kharkiv, Chernihiv, Sumy, Donetsk, Dnipropetrovsk, Khmelnytskyi and Zaporizhzhia regions.

President Volodymyr Zelensky noted that as a result of Russian strikes there are significant damages at 26 energy facilities. He wrote that at least 600 thousand people are currently left without electricity and added that outages could be even larger.

The night restrictions discovered on Starlink complicate the operation of unmanned systems, logistics, and the middle strike of the Defence Forces.