More than 100 damages to power facilities recorded over a week due to Russia's attacks — Energy Ministry

Over 100 damages to energy facilities were recorded in a week due to Russian attacks. Illustrative photo: NikVesti

During the week of holidays, from 29 December to 4 January, the Ministry of Energy recorded more than 100 damages to Ukraine's energy infrastructure as a result of Russian shelling.

This was announced at a briefing by Deputy Energy Minister Oleksandr Viazovchenko.

«In total, over 100 cases of damage to power grids as a result of hostilities were recorded last week. At the same time, the enemy targeted energy infrastructure facilities almost 20 times,» he said.

Oleksandr Viazovchenko said that consumers in the frontline and border regions remain without power for the longest time, as the constant shelling sometimes makes it impossible to start restoration work.

He also said that today, on 5 January, the crew of «Kharkivoblenergo» came under a drone attack while performing work, but there were no casualties.

As a reminder, on the night of 3 January, Russian troops massively attacked Mykolaiv with Shahed-131/136 attack drones. Critical infrastructure was damaged: more than 6,000 subscribers in Mykolaiv district lost power.