Minenergo of Ukraine: the vast majority of consumers in the country are de-energized after the strikes, the rocket attack on November 23 led to the shutdown of most thermal power plants and hydroelectric power plants, as well as all nuclear power plants, the agency added
Ukraine has been subjected to massive rocket fire, as a result of which most of the country’s thermal and hydroelectric power plants, as well as all nuclear power plants, were turned off, according to the Facebook of the Ukrainian Ministry of Energy (the owner of the social network, Meta company, is recognized in Russia as an extremist organization and banned).
“The vast majority of electricity consumers across the country were de-energized. There are emergency shutdowns,” the message says.
The company warned that problems with the supply of electricity can cause interruptions in heat and water supply.
After the missile strike on November 23, local authorities reported damage to infrastructure in Kiev, Kiev, Vinnytsia, Lviv regions.
After the strikes at three nuclear power plants, the South Ukrainian, Khmelnitsky and Rivne power units were automatically turned off. The Zaporizhia NPP “switched to a full blackout” mode, because its own needs were stopped there and diesel generators were started, Energoatom reported.
In Kiev, the shelling, according to Mayor Vitali Klitschko, led to the death of three people, including a 17-year-old girl. Another 11 people were injured. “RBC-Ukraine” with reference to the head of the national police Igor Klimenko reported that a total of six people were killed, 36 were injured.
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Following Ukraine, a power outage occurred in Moldova. This is the second such case— the first was after the attack on Ukraine on November 15. Then 20 million Ukrainians were left without electricity (the country’s population is 41 million, according to Ukrstat data for January of this year).
Russia has been striking Ukraine’s infrastructure since the beginning of October. For the first time such an attack occurred after the explosion on the Crimean Bridge, which Moscow blames Kiev.
The Kremlin pointed out that the missile targets are objects that are directly or indirectly related to the military potential of Ukraine and the Ukrainian regime. In November, the Ukrainian authorities reported that there were no intact power plants left in the country after the strikes.
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