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The announcement seemed timed to deflect attention from Russian forces who, since Monday, have killed more than three dozen Ukrainians in a barrage of missile strikes on towns and cities.
Former Ukrainian Fuel and Energy Minister Ivan Plachkov discusses how Kyiv is coping after massive Russian missile strikes targeted the country’s civilian heating infrastructure just at the approach of winter.
It’s the first time since the start of the war that Russian forces have targeted the energy infrastructure so broadly.
Russian missiles on Monday targeted electrical power plants, transmission lines and waterworks across Ukraine in a strategy now being openly discussed in Russia — retaliating for battlefield losses by attempting to cripple Ukraine’s critical infrastructure.
A United Nations inspection team finally reached the embattled nuclear power plant in Russian-occupied southern Ukraine on Thursday, after an artillery bombardment forced operators to shut down one reactor and switch another to emergency power, highlighting the immense risks of combat around a site loaded with radioactive material.