“As a result of the hits, there is damage to the energy infrastructure, due to which there is no electricity in most communities of the Odessa region and Odessa,” he said.

According to him, the air defense systems of the region showed a good result, "shooting down 21 missiles."

Dmitry Grigoriev, CEO of DTEK Odessa Electric Grids, said that as a result of damage to the energy infrastructure, about 1 million people were left without electricity in the Odessa region.

On December 16, the Russian army dealt a massive blow to the military command and control systems, the military-industrial complex and to the energy facilities of Ukraine that provide them.

The Ministry of Defense then reported that the Ukrainian and Western air defense systems, in the course of repelling the strike, had used up a significant resource on launched decoys.