Russia launched His greatest attack in the war with Ukraine. Overnight against a series of natural gas facilities. He shot more than 300 drones and Ukrainian officials described him as “an attempt to destroy the network before winter.”
The facilities attacked are operated by the Ukrainian state group Naftagazaccording to testimonies of officials. A total of 381 drones and 35 missiles were triggered, according to the Ukrainian Air Force.
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Zelenski officials described the offensive as an attempt to destroy the Ukrainian electricity grid before winter.
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Russia applied its greatest offensive so far in Ukraine
“This is a deliberate terror against civil facilities that provide gas extraction and processing for people’s normal life,” said the General Director of Naftagaz Serhii Koretskyi.
In turn, he added that the attack “has no military purpose”: “This is another act of Russian malice aimed only to interrupt the heating season and depriving the heat of heat in winter. ”
Most missiles are ballistic and launched, along with drones, gas extraction and processing facilities In the regions of Járkivin the northeast, and Poltavain the center, where three injured were recorded, including an 8 -year -old boy. Some of them have “critical damage,” said Koretskyi.
On the other hand, the Prime Minister of Ukraine, YULIA SVYRYDENKO, He affirmed in a statement that “Russia is terrorizing civilians and trying to interrupt the heating season.”
Alert in Ukraine: the OIEA warned of energy fluctuations in Chernobyl
The International Atomic Energy Agency (OIEA) warned that Chernobyl nuclear power plant suffered energy fluctuations on Wednesday morning due to a technical problem. As detailed, the facilities now work with “emergency diesel generators” after an interruption of the electricity supply.
The connection was re -established this Thursday morning, after the central was 16 hours without electricity. In detail, on Chernobyl unit 4 a sarcophagus falls – a metal and concrete structure – which was built as an emergency response to the 1986 incident.
Source: Ambito