Russian forces strike Ukrainian Naftogaz power plant, fire breaks out
Russian forces attacked one of Naftogaz's thermal power plants overnight (photo: facebook.com/DSNSODE).
Russian forces attacked one of Naftogaz's thermal power plants overnight on October 15, sparking a fire at the site, the Naftogaz press service reported.
"Over the past seven days, the enemy has carried out three massive attacks on the gas infrastructure facilities of the Naftogaz Group. Tonight, one of the Naftogaz Group's thermal power plants came under attack," the company stated.
It is noted that earlier during the week, the enemy struck gas production facilities in the Kharkiv region and also deliberately targeted critical infrastructure in the Sumy and Chernihiv regions.
"These facilities have nothing to do with military targets. Russian forces are committing new acts of terrorism aimed at depriving Ukraine of gas, heat, and electricity during the winter. The Russians still cannot understand that they will not break or intimidate us. We will restore everything. We will rebuild everything," said Sergii Koretskyi, Chief Executive Officer of Naftogaz.
Russian strikes on Ukraine's energy sector
With the onset of autumn, Russia launched a series of attacks on Ukraine's energy infrastructure. The enemy's main targets are thermal power plants, combined heat and power plants, and other energy facilities.
On the evening of Tuesday, October 14, emergency power outage schedules were introduced in several regions.
Due to the difficult situation in the energy system caused by previous Russian attacks, power outages are occurring in the Sumy, Kharkiv, Poltava, and Dnipropetrovsk regions, as well as in parts of the Kirovohrad, Kyiv, and Cherkasy regions.
According to President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Ukraine expects electricity supply problems to continue amid new Russian attacks. Therefore, it will be necessary to begin importing electricity from the EU.
