Russian forces shelled three Ukrainian thermal power plants, causing significant damage to the equipment.
This was reported by DTEK.
"The equipment has been seriously damaged. Energy workers are currently working to eliminate the consequences of the attack," the statement said.
According to DTEK, this is the fifth mass shelling of the company's energy facilities in the last month and a half. The Russians attacked DTEK's thermal power plants during massive shelling on March 22 and 29, April 11 and 27.
In total, since the start of the full-scale invasion, DTEK's thermal power plants have been shelled about 180 times. As a result of the attacks, 51 employees were injured, and three energy workers were killed.
Tonight, the Russians launched a new massive attack on Ukraine. It is known that the occupiers fired missiles from strategic bombers. There were also launches of Shahed drones.
The energy sector was targeted by the enemy. The Ministry of Energy reported that facilities for the generation and transmission of electricity were attacked in six regions: Poltava, Kirovohrad, Zaporizhzhia, Lviv, Ivano-Frankivsk, and Vinnytsia. Russia also directed missiles towards Kyiv.
