KYIV, June 1 (Reuters) – Russia launched a massive air attack using missiles and drones on Saturday against Ukraine’s energy infrastructure, hitting facilities in five different regions, Ukrainian authorities said.
Ukrenergo, operator of Ukraine’s power grid, said equipment was damaged in the regions of Donetsk in eastern Ukraine, Zaporizhia and Dnipropetrovsk in the southeast, Kirovohrad in the center and Ivano- Frankivsk in the west.
“This morning, the Russians launched a new attack on Ukrainian energy facilities. Since March, this is already the sixth massive, complex missile and drone attack on civilian energy infrastructure,” Ukrenergo said.
Ukrainian air defenses shot down 35 of 53 Russian missiles and 46 of 47 drones, the Ukrainian air force command said.
DTEK, Ukraine’s leading private electricity supplier, said its two thermal power plants were hit during the attack and equipment was “seriously damaged”.
The various regional authorities said firefighters were working to put out fires at several sites.
No casualties were immediately reported. (Written by Olena Harmash, French version Bertrand Boucey)
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