Russia attacks 106 infrastructure facilities in Ukraine in one day

Russia has attacked 106 infrastructure facilities in nine regions of Ukraine over the past day, the Defense Ministry’s Military Media Center reported on May 12.

Various weapons were used in the attacks and 107 settlements were targeted. Thousands of households in seven oblasts are suffering from power outages due to Russian attacks, the Energy Ministry reported.

In the last 24 hours, 1,146 customers lost power in Kharkiv Oblast, 4,600 households in Donetsk Oblast, 2,418 households in Zaporizhzhia Oblast, 450 in Mykolaiv Oblast, 510 in Sumy Oblast, 25,800 in Kherson Oblast and 1,500 customers in Chernihiv Oblast.

While some settlements have had electricity restored since May 12, thousands are still affected by power outages. The situation is even worse in Donetsk Oblast, where 47,700 customers are disconnected from the electricity grid.

Russia also launched a mass attack on energy infrastructure in central and western regions of Ukraine on May 8, the fifth attack on Ukraine’s power grid since the beginning of the year.

At least two hydroelectric power plants were forced to shut down as a result of the attack.

Ukraine’s state-owned energy utility Ukrenergo warned on May 10 that the country was facing a “significant electricity shortage.”

Ukraine received emergency power supplies from Poland, Romania and Slovakia, the Energy Ministry reported May 11.

Kyiv city officials have begun reducing evening street lighting, Serhii Popko, the head of the Kyiv city military administration, announced on May 9.

Ukraine’s state energy utility, Ukrenergo, imposed restrictions on electricity supplies to industry and businesses between 6 p.m. and midnight.

The restrictions will not affect electricity supply to residential customers in Kyiv.

Popko encouraged Kiev residents to save money and reduce energy consumption between 6 p.m. and 11 p.m., as these are “the most important load hours for the electricity system.”

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