On the 22nd, the Russian military carried out large-scale attacks using missiles and drones in various parts of Ukraine, causing damage to power plants and other energy infrastructure facilities. Ukraine's energy minister called it the largest attack ever on an energy facility.
On the 22nd, President Zelenskiy of Ukraine announced on social media that the Russian military had carried out a large-scale attack across Ukraine with approximately 90 missiles and over 60 drones, causing damage to energy infrastructure facilities in various locations. I made it.
The Ukrainian Air Force said it intercepted 37 Russian missiles and 55 unmanned aircraft, and that the Russian military attacked with multiple missiles, including hypersonic Kinzhals, ballistic missiles, and cruise missiles. Masu.
According to Ukraine's Energy Minister Khrushchenko, one of the transmission lines supplying electricity to the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant in the southern region of Zaporizhzhya Oblast was cut off.
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), which monitors the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, says, ``The main power transmission line has been cut off, but the backup power transmission line is functioning,'' and the power supply to the nuclear power plant continues.
In addition, a hydroelectric power plant on the Dnipro River was attacked, causing damage including a fire at the facility.
In Kharkiv, Ukraine's second largest city, there was a power outage, and in the western region of Khmelnytsky Oblast, infrastructure and residential buildings were damaged, and two people were killed, according to Interior Minister Klimenko.
Energy Minister Khrushchenko said it was the largest attack ever on energy infrastructure, saying, ``The goal is not simply to cause damage, but to cause a large-scale failure of the energy system.''
In Ukraine, the Russian military had just carried out a large-scale attack with more than 30 missiles on the capital, Kiiv, on the 21st, and has been increasing its air attacks every day.