Ukraine-Russia war: Putin’s forces launch ‘largest missile attack’ in months on vital energy supplies
Russian forces have unleashed the “largest air attack” on Ukraine in months, targeting vital energy infrastructure as temperatures hit sub-zero in the war-torn country.
Blasts were heard across Kyiv and other Ukrainian cities early on Sunday morning, in what Ukrainian officials have described as the biggest missile attack since August.
“Russia launched one of the largest air attacks: drones and missiles against peaceful cities, sleeping civilians, critical infrastructure,” foreign minister Andrii Sybiha said.
Putin’s forces have inflicted repeated and sustained attacks on Ukraine’s power grid, in an attempt to cripple key infrastructure and cause long blackouts.
It comes as temperatures in Kyiv and other areas of Ukraine reach below freezing, as the winter months begin to take hold.
“Another massive attack on the power system is under way. The enemy is attacking electricity generation and transmission facilities throughout Ukraine,” Ukrainian energy minister German Galushchenko wrote on Facebook.
The scale of the damage across Ukrainian cities is not immediately clear, but power supplies were cut by officials in multiple city districts to prevent a surge in case of damage. Officials often remain tight-lipped on the state of power infrastructure due to the war.
At least two people were killed overnight.
