Ukrainian minister says Moscow is ‘massively attacking’ grid; Volodymyr Zelenskyy says Russian troops gathering near north-eastern city. What we know on day 1,354
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A large Russian attack on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure led to power cuts in most regions, the Ukrainian energy minister said early on Saturday morning. “The enemy is massively attacking Ukraine’s energy infrastructure again. Because of this, emergency power outages have been introduced in a number of regions of Ukraine,” Svitlana Grynchuk posted. “Emergency power outages will be cancelled after the situation in the energy system stabilises.”
Drones hit energy infrastructure in the Odesa region of Ukraine’s south late on Friday evening, said the regional governor, Oleg Kiper. “There was damage to an energy infrastructure facility,” he said, reporting no dead or wounded.
Ukraine’s Naftogaz said it would import at least 300m cubic metres of US liquid natural gas through an agreement with Poland’s Orlen, a gas trader and pipeline operator, to help stabilise the heating season ahead. “Despite the enemy’s plans, Ukraine will have light and heat this winter,” said Grynchuk, the energy minister.
