Three people were killed and 15 others injured in an assault, as confirmed by Ukraine’s prosecutor general’s office. Kharkiv’s mayor, Ihor Terekhov, labeled it as the city's largest attack since the war's onset, with 20 missiles hitting energy infrastructure and causing severe damage. Additionally, missiles struck Ukraine’s largest hydroelectric power station, the Dnipro dam in Zaporizhzhia, resulting in a significant fire and critical damage. Ihor Syrota, head of Ukraine’s Ukrhydroenergo, stated in an interview that the station is being lost due to two missiles striking the power plant.
Russia launched a severe attack on Ukraine's electric sector, citing retaliation for previous strikes in Russia. This escalation comes shortly after Putin's re-election, causing power outages in multiple Ukrainian cities, casualties, and disruptions to critical infrastructure.
Overnight Friday, Russia launched a massive missile and drone attack on Ukraine's energy infrastructure, resulting in at least five fatalities and leaving over a million people without electricity. The onslaught, involving over 60 drones and 90 missiles, caused widespread power outages in Kharkiv, Ukraine's second-largest city, as well as in the central Dnipropetrovsk and western Ivano-Frankivsk regions. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky attributed the attack to a lack of modern air defense systems and political will to provide them, condemning it as "Russian terror."
