Russia-Ukraine war: Moscow launches huge attack on energy infrastructure
Russia’s retaliatory attacks came on the coldest day of the Ukrainian winter so far, with temperatures around -6C.
Along with the damage caused in the Ivano-Frankivsk region, energy and infrastructure facilites were damaged in the Lviv and Ternopil regions.
No critical or residential infrasturcture was hit in the Kyiv region, according to Governor Ruslan Kravchenko.
Five out of the country’s nine operating nuclear reactor units have been operating with reduced power.
As a result of the attack, the Ukrenergo National Power Company had to increase power supply restrictions on Friday, with rolling blackouts being introduced in all regions.
Ukrenergo added that during the day on Friday, electricity would be imported from Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Hungary and Moldova.
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