The main thing right now:
- The enemy fired missiles from Tu-95ms, Caliber, ballistics and Shaheds.
- The target was again the energy infrastructure in Ukraine.
- Russia attacked DTEK’s thermal power plant, equipment was seriously damaged.
- Kharkov was under massive ballistic fire, and Shahed also hit the city. “Arrivals” in three areas and six victims.
- In the Carpathians due to the impact, part of the region. Part of the region was for a time without power.
- There is damage to the energy infrastructure in the Vinnytsia region.
- In the Kirovograd region, a gas pipe near a private house caught fire. Windows in houses were also damaged.
Explosions were also heard in the Dnieper region, Krivoy Rog and Poltava. - Due to a large-scale missile attack, Ukrenergo hastily turned off the lights to preserve the energy system.
Attack on the energy sector, damaged thermal power plants
As Energy Minister German Galushchenko noted, Ukraine’s energy infrastructure once again became the target of the occupiers. That is why Ukrenergo introduced preventive blackouts.
Subsequently, DTEK stated that during the shelling, the company’s thermal power plant was attacked. The thermal power plant’s equipment was seriously damaged.
“After the end of the shelling, the power engineers immediately began to eliminate the consequences and restore the operation of the equipment,” DTEK said in a statement.
They noted that this year is the thirteenth massive attack on the Ukrainian energy sector and the tenth massive attack on the company’s energy companies.
“The Russians attacked the energy sector at Christmas. They did everything to leave Ukrainians without electricity, gas, heat and water,” noted the head of the Center for Countering Disinformation, Andriy Kovalenko.
Location by region
Kharkov
The first explosions in the city were heard around 06:00. Mayor Igor Terekhov announced ballistic missile launches against Kharkov. Later, the head of OVA, Oleg Sinegubov, clarified that at least seven explosions were heard in the city. At the same time, the network writes that 11 explosions were counted in 27 seconds in Kharkov.
Later it became known about hits in Saltovsky, Kievsky and Nemyshlyansky districts. In total, there are 6 victims in Kharkov so far. After ballistic attacks on the city, “Shahed” flew into a private house.
Prykarpattya
During the attack, explosions were heard in the Ivano-Frankivsk region. In the regional center itself, “there are no arrivals and no garbage,” wrote Mayor Ruslan Martsinkiv. However, he warned of power outages and poor communications in some areas.
At the same time, the head of the Ivano-Frankivsk OVA Svetlana Onischuk said that the enemy struck in the Carpathians. As a result, part of the region was without power supply, namely the residents of Kalush, Burshtyn and Ivano-Frankivsk.
Later, Prykarpattyaoblenergo reported that in the morning, due to an attack on energy facilities, there was an emergency shutdown of 35 (110) kV power lines. And therefore the power supply was limited in dozens of settlements in the region. But now they are all with light.
Vinnytsia region
In the Vinnytsia region, as a result of a night attack, there was damage to the energy infrastructure Natalya Zabolotnaya reported that as of the morning, “thanks to the well-coordinated work of power engineers, all consumers. are powered.”
Zhytomyr region
Tonight, as a result of an enemy attack in the Zhytomyr region, an abandoned wooden building was damaged, and a barn also caught fire, said the head of OVA, Vitaly Bunechko.
“Thanks to the professional action of the DSNS fighters, the fire was extinguished in 30 minutes. There were no injuries or deaths,” he added.
Photo: the consequences of a night attack in the Zhytomyr region (facebook.com/MNSZhytomyr)
Kyiv region
Air defense forces worked in the Kiev region. There are downed enemy targets. There were no hits on critical infrastructure or residential infrastructure.
However, as a result of falling debris from downed enemy targets in two areas, 12 trucks, a cafe and 3 private houses were damaged. Windows and doors were smashed in buildings, facades were cut and roofs were damaged.
Dnieper
Many explosions were heard in the Dnieper. However, the local authorities did not report the consequences of the attack in the city and the region. In the regional centre, problems arose with the water supply in several micro-districts. The reason was an emergency shutdown of pumping stations due to voltage bursts in the power grid, reports Dneprovodokanal.
Kirovograd region
According to the head of OVA, Andrei Raikovich, a gas pipeline fire occurred in the region near a private household. Windows in houses were also damaged.
Photo: consequences of an enemy attack in the Kirovograd region (facebook.com/MNSZhytomyr)
Poland took off planes and a missile flew into Moldova
Due to the Russian missile attack on Ukraine, military aircraft operated in Polish airspace. This was reported by the operational command of the Polish Armed Forces.
At the same time, according to the Air Force of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, one of the Russian missiles during the attack flew over the territory of Moldova and headed towards Chernivtsi.
