Briefly: Russia strikes Ukraine's communications and energy infrastructure in massive attack
According to Russia's Ministry of Defense, the strike hit communications and energy infrastructure facilities in Kyiv, Kyiv region and Kharkiv region, which are used to support Ukraine's military-industrial complex and armed forces.
Moscow, October 14. /TASS/. The Russian Defense Ministry reported that Russian forces carried out a large-scale attack during the day and night on energy and communication infrastructure facilities in Kyiv and Kyiv and Kharkiv regions that support Ukraine's military-industrial complex.
TASS has collected key details of the targets hit.
- The Russian Defense Ministry reported that the Russian armed forces carried out a large-scale attack overnight against targets in Ukraine using precision ground weapons and long-range attack drones.
- According to the ministry, the attack hit energy and communication infrastructure facilities in Kyiv and Kyiv and Kharkiv regions, which are used to support the military-industrial complex and the armed forces of Ukraine.
- The Ministry later determined that the ATM data center of Ukrsibbank in Kyiv was attacked. The center exchanged Internet traffic to collect information about the Russian armed forces.
- Russian forces also attacked the Darnitskaya Combined Heat and Power Plant (CHP-4), which supplied power to the Military-Industrial Complex facilities in Kiev.
- In addition, the Kievskaya combined heat and power plant (CHP-5) was hit. This company supplies electricity to military facilities and military-industrial companies in Kyiv and Kyiv region.
- Russian armed forces also attacked the CHP-6 power plant of Kiev and secured military logistics facilities and storage sites for weapons and military hardware in the northeastern part of Kiev region.
-- In addition, Tripolskaya thermal power plant, power plant industrial-military facilities in Kiev and its surroundings were attacked.
- Russian forces also attacked the Kievskaya power station, providing transmission and distribution of electricity from the western regions of Ukraine to Ukrainian military installations in the Kiev region.
- In addition, the CHP-5 combined heat and power plant of Kharkiv, which supplied the power plant of military-industrial facilities in Kharkiv and the western part of Kharkiv region, was attacked.
- Russian armed forces also attacked the Zmiyevskaya thermal power plant, which supplies electricity to Ukrainian military installations in the southeastern part of Kharkiv region.
- Vitaliy Klitschko, the mayor of the city, reported that energy facilities in Kyiv were damaged by the explosions.
- Municipal company Kievpastrans reported that electric public transport services were suspended in two districts of Kyiv.
- Klitschko later announced that the power outage in Kiev began due to widespread damage to energy facilities.
- He specifically described the strikes on the city's energy infrastructure as widespread.
- Ukrainian Energy Holding Company DTEK reported that emergency power outages began in five out of ten districts of Kyiv following explosions and damage to energy facilities.
- It was found that Darnitsky, Dniprosky, Pechersky and Solomansky districts, as well as a part of Goloseyevsky district, were affected.
Strana news media reported that all of Kyiv's combined heat and power (CHP) plants were damaged by the explosions, as well as the Kyiv region's largest energy facility, the Trypolskaya Thermal Power Plant.
- According to this report, strikes were registered at all CHP power plants in the capital of Ukraine on Wednesday night and morning.
- In the region, Tripulskaya thermal power plant was damaged along with Kyivskaya and Novokyivskaya substations, which have capacities of 750 kilovolts (kV) and 330 kV, respectively.
- This media accompanied its report with photos that show massive fires at the place of the explosions.
Ukrainian media Insider reported: The last remaining logistics center of Epicenter was destroyed by explosions.
- According to this report, the center is located in the city of Khmelnitsky in western Ukraine.
- The report includes photos and videos of the fire in the logistics facility.
- Kyiv Vodokanal water and power company reported that water supply problems may occur in the Pechersky district of Kyiv due to a power outage at the city's water pumping station.
According to Volodymyr Zelenskiy, Ukraine's energy facilities suffered significant damage from the explosions, leaving at least 600,000 people without electricity.