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"Power will be cut for between eight and 16 hours across most regions of
Ukraine on Sunday, state transmission system operator Ukrenergo has said, after
Russian attacks targeting energy infrastructure reduced the country’s
generating capacity to “zero”.
Moscow, which has escalated attacks on Ukraine’s infrastructure in recent
months, launched hundreds of drones at energy facilities across the country
from Friday into Saturday, which killed at least seven people, according to
Ukrainian officials.
The Russian attacks have disrupted electricity, heat and water supplies in
several Ukrainian cities, with state power firm Centerenergo warning generating
capacity “is down to zero”.
Ukrenergo has said repairs were carried out and energy sourcing diverted.
While the situation had somewhat stabilised, regions including Kyiv,
Dnipropetrovsk, Donetsk, Kharkiv, Poltava, Chernihiv and Sumy could continue to
experience regular power cuts, Ukraine’s energy minister said on Saturday
night.
“The enemy inflicted a massive strike with ballistic missiles, which are
extremely difficult to shoot down. It is hard to recall such a number of direct
strikes on energy facilities since the beginning of the invasion,” Svitlana
Grynchuk told local broadcaster
United News.
Russian drones had targeted two nuclear power substations deep in western
Ukraine, Kyiv’s foreign minister Andrii Sybiha said, calling on the UN’s
nuclear watchdog to respond."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
