kyiv reports “massive attack” on its energy infrastructure

In response, Ukraine issued a country-wide air alert. Russia is stepping up its strikes as winter approaches.

A “massive attack” against energy infrastructure while temperatures are around 0°C. Ukraine reported an attack early Thursday, November 28, and said it had to carry out power cuts, particularly in kyiv, at a time when Moscow is intensifying its military pressure on the country after the election of Donald Trump. “Once again, the energy sector is under massive attack from the enemy”the Ministry of Energy said on Facebook. Emergency power cuts were implemented in particular in kyiv, Odessa and Dnipro, said the operator DTEK.

A nationwide air alert has been issued. The Ukrainian Air Force reports missile attacks targeting the regions of Odessa, Kirovograd, Kherson and Mykolaiv in particular. On Tuesday, Russia announced a “answer” to two new Ukrainian strikes carried out using American ATACMS missiles against its territory in the preceding days.

Russia has been shelling civilian areas across Ukraine since its invasion of the country began in February 2022 and has stepped up its strikes as winter approaches, particularly targeting energy infrastructure. For its part, the Russian Defense Ministry claimed to have destroyed 25 Ukrainian drones overnight over the Bryansk region, close to Belarus, Crimea and the Rostov region.