New drones and missiles used
“We can say that up to 80% of thermal power plants were attacked, more than half of hydroelectric power plants. And a large number of relay stations for electrical transmission, Minister German Galushchenko said in a press conference. The ministry’s press service specified that the thermal power stations had been “damaged” by these strikes without, however, being able to specify the level of damage caused.
“This is the largest attack against the Ukrainian energy sector,” he added, referring to this wave of strikes which continues almost daily and has notably caused long power outages in Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second city. ‘Ukraine. According to the minister, “the scale and impact” of this new wave of attacks “are much greater” than those of the campaign led by Moscow the previous winter, when millions of Ukrainians were deprived of electricity and heating in freezing temperatures.
New drones and missiles used
He stressed that the Russian army had modified the drones and missiles used for these bombings, making them “even more dangerous”. Before the Russian invasion launched in February 2022, electricity production in Ukraine was relatively balanced between thermal power plants running on coal and gas and nuclear power plants, with a lower percentage of hydropower.