Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has offered the EU support with electricity from his country in the face of the European energy crisis.

"We are preparing to increase our electricity exports to consumers in the European Union," said the head of state on Wednesday evening in his evening video message.

Since a large part of the production has come to a standstill due to the war, a large part of the electricity produced is not consumed by Ukraine, explained Zelenskyj.

Ukraine has been connected to the European power grid since mid-March.

Energy exports to Romania started at the beginning of July.

Much of Ukraine's energy is produced in nuclear power plants.

Most recently, however, Russian troops had captured the largest nuclear power plant in Enerhodar, a hydroelectric power plant on the Dnipro River and at least two coal-fired power plants.

According to the Ukrainian Air Force, more than 20 rockets were fired at targets in Ukraine on Thursday night.

Apparently, the shot also came from neighboring Belarus.

According to the authorities, infrastructure objects in the Vyschhorod district north of the capital Kyiv and in the adjacent Chernihiv region were hit.

Kherson cut off from other occupied territories

The Ukrainian President responded to the rocket attacks in a video speech on Thursday.

It's a turbulent morning with rocket terror, but Ukraine will not give up, Zelenskyy said.

He also congratulated the country's citizens on the first-ever celebration of Ukrainian Statehood Day, which is celebrated alongside Independence Day on August 24.

Meanwhile, according to British military intelligence, the Ukrainian counter-offensive in the south of the country has gained momentum.

With the destruction of the Antonivka Bridge, the city of Kherson is now practically cut off from the other occupied areas south of the Dnieper.

The bridge was a strategically important transport link and was used as a central supply route.

In addition, the Ukrainian troops would probably have established a bridgehead south of the Inhulets River, which forms the northern border of Kherson.

At least five people were killed in a Russian attack on the city of Kropyvnyzskyi in central Ukraine on Thursday, according to Ukrainian sources.