Russia launches large-scale missile assault on Ukraine vitality services, Kyiv says


KYIV (Reuters) – Russia launched a large-scale assault on Ukraine’s vitality services on Friday morning, Ukrainian Vitality Minister German Galushchenko mentioned.

“The enemy continues its terror. As soon as once more, the vitality sector throughout Ukraine is below huge assault,” Galushchenko wrote in a publish on Fb (NASDAQ:META).

Ukraine’s vitality system has already suffered 11 Russian assault waves this yr, which have brought on widespread harm and prolonged energy cuts everywhere in the nation.

Friday’s assault prompted extra restrictions on energy utilization for shoppers, based on the nationwide grid operator Ukrenergo.

All of Ukraine was below air raid alarms.

Native authorities reported a number of explosions within the southern metropolis of Odesa and Kyiv regional authorities mentioned air defence programs had been working.

© Reuters. People take shelter inside a metro station during a Russian military strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine December 13, 2024. REUTERS/Alina Smutko

Overseas Minister Andrii Sybiha known as on companions to ship extra air defence programs urgently.

“Russia goals to deprive us of vitality. As an alternative, we should deprive it of the technique of terror. I reiterate my name for the pressing supply of 20 NASAMS, HAWK, or IRIS-T air protection programs,” Sybiha wrote in a publish on X.

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