On October 3, Russia launched the largest attack of the entire war against Ukraine’s energy system. A week later it attacked again several energy installations that have caused electricity and gas cuts in the regions of Kiev, Zaporiyia y dnipropetrovsk.
The objective is none other than leave Ukraine without gas at the doors of the cold winter. In fact, Putin has already destroyed 60% of Ukrainian gas and kyiv will have to spend almost 2,000 million euros in fuel imports to survive the cold winter, according to reports Financial Times y Bloomberg.
As reported this Friday by the Zaporizhia public gas company, the damage caused by the attack on gas infrastructure has forced temporarily limit the supply of natural gas.
Meanwhile, in kyiv the metro operates “with changes” to its usual program due to the alterations in supply caused by the Russian bombing.
SAccording to the private energy sector company DTEK, “a part of the capital” is without electricity due to the damage caused by yet another Russian attack with drones and missiles in the capital’s energy infrastructure since the start of the war.
The governor of the Dnipropetrovsk region has also reported Russian attacks on the energy system in the capital, Dniptoand in the cities of Kamiansk y The wrong rig.
The mayor of kyiv, Vitali Klichkóhas reported more than a dozen injured in the capital after an attack on an apartment building. At the moment no fatalities have been reported.
Russia has systematically attacked Ukrainian gas and electricity infrastructure in recent days. However, the biggest attack came a week ago when Moscow launched dozens of drones and 35 missiles, several of them intercepted by the air defense, against the gas infrastructure in the regions of Poltava, Sumi, Dnipopetrovsk, Odessa, Chernigov y Kiev.
Following this attack, the largest since the start of the war on February 24, 2022, several facilities were severely damaged to the point that 60% of Ukraine’s domestic gas production was destroyed.
In fact, Ukraine is already a victim before the winter of another systematic Russian bombing campaign against its electricity generation and transmission capabilities, like those that in other phases of the war forced kyiv to introduce scheduled supply cuts throughout the country.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has stated that Ukraine will respond to these Russian attacks and has ordered to increase Ukrainian capabilities to strike the enemy at long range.