Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Russia carried out a large-scale attack on Ukraine's energy infrastructure on Saturday, according to 第一财经, citing CCTV News. He said Russian forces used more than 320 Shahed drones, loitering munitions, cruise missiles and ballistic missiles within a 12-hour window. The strikes damaged more than 15 major power generation and transmission facilities across the country, he said.
Zelensky described the assault as an attempt to disrupt Ukraine's energy supply before winter sets in and to cause widespread blackouts, 第一财经 reports. He said Ukrainian forces intercepted a substantial share of the incoming targets, but that the scale and length of the attack left energy facilities badly damaged. Repair crews were still working at the time of the report.
The figures come from Zelensky's own account of the attack, as relayed by 第一财经, and have not been independently verified in the source material. The report did not specify which regions were hit or give a casualty count.
The coming days will show how quickly the damaged plants and transmission lines can be restored and whether further strikes follow, with attention on how Ukraine's grid copes as temperatures fall.
