In Ukraine, they will create a coordination headquarters to respond to the strikes of the Russian Federation on energy facilities - Zelensky
Funds will also be allocated to repair the objects damaged by hostile shelling and assistance to the released territories. The President thanked all rescuers who eliminated the consequences of Russian blows on energy facilities. Video of the Day "Yesterday and today the Russian army struck Ukrainian energy infrastructure. Hundreds of thousands of Ukrainians were in the dark - without electricity. Houses, hospitals, schools, communal infrastructure . . .
Russian missiles have hit those objects that have nothing to do with the infrastructure of the armed forces of our country, ”Zelensky said. He stressed that such actions of the terrorist country are not only a reaction to the defeat of the Russian forces in the Kharkiv region, but also an attempt to prevent Ukraine from stabilizing the situation in Europe. “Our electricity exports are what Russia is now very afraid of.
Because we can break Russian plans for the devastation of the pockets of Europeans this winter because of crazy energy prices, ”the President said. Zelensky again urged Russia to recognize Russia-terrorist, to approve the eighth package of EU sanctions against the aggressor and to increase assistance to Ukraine.
He also noted that Russians can still go on vacation to Europe, although no one knows if there are no military criminals among them who have recently returned from the occupied territories of Ukraine. Against the background of the success of the defenders of Ukraine and their rapid promotion in the Kharkiv region on September 11, the Russian troops hit the object of critical infrastructure in Kharkiv - one of the largest CHP in Ukraine.
Two employees were killed, both of Ukrenergo's company were killed. Light has disappeared in a number of regions of Ukraine. Settlements in Kharkiv, Donetsk, Sumy, Poltava and Dnipropetrovsk regions were partially deactivated. Within a few hours, the power supply has been completely restored in almost all regions. Energy Minister Herman Galushchenko said that as a result of a massive attack on Ukraine's energy infrastructure, 40 substations and hundreds of thousands of households were deactivated.