LIVE. Ukraine announces electricity restrictions after “major” Russian attack

Russia carries out “massive attacks” on Ukrainian energy infrastructure, Zelensky: “The world must not give the new Nazism a chance”

Russia carried out further “massive” missile and drone attacks on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure on Tuesday night. The Ukrainian authorities report this. “The enemy is not yet giving up his plans to deprive the Ukrainians of light. A new massive attack on our energy industry,” Ukrainian Energy Minister Herman Halushchenko wrote on Telegram.

The attacks targeted electricity production and power plants in the Poltav, Kirovograd, Zaporizhia, Lviv, Ivano-Frankivsk, and Vinnytsia regions. According to the Ukrainian energy supplier DTEK three thermal power stations were severely damaged. “Energy engineers are currently working to eliminate the effects of the attack,” the company said.

The various local authorities report at least six injuries: one in the Dnipropetrovsk region, one in Kirovograd, two in Brovary near Kiev, and at least two in the capital itself.

The Ukrainian army reports that air defense systems have been activated in Kiev and the western Ukrainian city of Lviv, among others. According to the air force, Russia fired 55 missiles, of which 39 were said to have been downed. 20 of the 21 drones were also said to have been shot out of the sky.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky notes in a message on Twitter that it is May 8, the day on which the end of the Second World War is commemorated. He bluntly calls Russian President Vladimir Putin a “Nazi” and the attacks “Russian terror.” “The world must not give the new Nazism a chance.”