The impact of several Russian projectiles in a housing area from the city of Kharkovnortheastern Ukraine, left the death of at least three civilians and 19 woundedaccording to preliminary information from the Ukrainian authorities.
“Russian terrorists have attacked Kharkiv with guided aerial bombs again. Unfortunately, they fell into a residential building“wrote the Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelenskyon their social networks.
“At the moment there are 19 injured and three dead. My condolences to everyone who has lost loved ones,” she added.
Zelensky took the opportunity to ask Ukraine’s allies “brave decisions“that allow destroying Russian fighter planes”wherever they are“, in reference to Russian territory.
“We have already shown that it is possible to protect people’s lives from missile terror, in particular by clearing border areas of terrorist launches. Protection against bombs is also needed“, he stated, alluding to the recent decision of kyiv’s allies to allow attacks against targets on Russian soil in the vicinity of Kharkiv province.
For his part, the regional governor, Oleg Synegubovwrote on Telegram that Russian soldiers “They hit a residential building with guided bombs” on Saturday afternoon. In a first assessment, she said that the dead were two and the injured were 15. It was later confirmed that three people lost their lives and 19 were injured..
This Russian attack on Kharkiv occurred after Ukraine denounced a massive Attack” during the night of this Friday, directed at facilities of energy infrastructure in the west and south of the country. According to him Ministry of energy Ukrainian, this bombing was the eighth large span that the country faces in the last three months.
During the attack, the operator’s facilities Ukrenergo in the regions of Zaporozhye and Lviv were damaged. Two employees of the nuclear power plant Zaporozhye They were injured and taken to the hospital due to the bombing. The company DTEKthe largest private energy company in Ukraine, reported that the attacks caused “Serious damage” in one of its plants.
More than two years after the start of the Russian invasion, Missile and drone attacks have significantly depleted Ukraine’s electricity generation capacityforcing kyiv to impose electrical outages and importing supplies from the European Union.
Ukrainian authorities noted that in a previous attack, another critical aspect of energy infrastructure, including a power plant, was severely damaged, leaving seven employees injured.
The Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelensky, indicated that these attacks have destroyed half of the country’s energy capacity. “We are doing everything we can to ensure that Russian attempts to blackmail us with heat and electricity fail.“, he claimed.
Underlining the seriousness of the situation, Maxim Timchenko, CEO of DTEK, warned of the serious crisis that Ukraine may face this winter if Western allies do not provide military aid to defend the energy grid. “We face a serious crisis this winter”, he warned.
Zelensky has repeatedly reiterated his call for Ukraine’s allies to send more air defense systems to protect the country’s vital infrastructure.
(With information from EFE and AFP)
