Another massive attack on Ukraine energy grid forces wide outages – POLITICO

KYIV — Russia launched another massive attack against Ukraine with drones and missiles early Thursday, targeting the power grid across the country, including western regions close to the border with the European Union.

The Ukrainian air force said most of the missiles were headed to Ukraine’s western regions of Volyn, Ivano-Frankivsk, Lviv, Khmelnytskyi, Vinnytsia and Zhytomyr. Local authorities reported attacks on energy infrastructure in Kyiv and Mykolaiv, too.

“The energy sector is under massive enemy attack again. Attacks on energy facilities are taking place throughout Ukraine,” Ukrainian Energy Minister German Galushchenko said in a statement. "The transmission system operator, NPP Ukrenergo, has urgently introduced emergency power outages."