Russia strikes again at gas infrastructure
20 February 12:11
Last night, Russia again carried out another massive missile and drone attack on Ukraine’s gas infrastructure. In particular, production facilities were damaged. This was reported by the Minister of Energy of Ukraine Herman Galushchenko, "Komersant Ukrainian" reports.
“The purpose of these criminal attacks is to stop the production of gas needed to meet the domestic needs of citizens and centralized heating,”
– the minister said.
According to him, experts have already begun assessing the damage and restoration work. All the necessary measures are being taken to eliminate the consequences of the attacks and stabilize gas supply.
“While Russia continues to blatantly lie about not attacking civilian critical infrastructure, we are witnessing several missiles targeting Ukrainian gas production facilities at once. Such actions of the enemy only prove once again that Russia is trying to inflict pain on ordinary Ukrainians, to plunge them into the cold in the middle of winter. This is outright terrorism,”
– the official wrote.
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The situation in the Ukrainian energy sector
In 2024, Russia carried out regular massive attacks on the Ukrainian energy sector. For example, on March 22, 2024, Russia carried out one of the most massive attacks in the entire period of the full-scale war. In particular, Dniproges and other Ukrainian energy facilities were hit. Since then, Russia has been regularly shelling Ukrainian energy infrastructure.
The Russians destroyed the Trypillia and Zmiiv thermal power plants, causing Centrenergo to lose 100% of its generation. Also, 5 of DTEK’s 6 thermal power plants were severely damaged.
After that, power outages began again in Ukraine, and the government raised the electricity tariff by 60% at once.
In this situation, the Cabinet of Ministers decided to build two new units at the Khmelnytsky N PP and has already received the approval of the relevant parliamentary committee. The Razumkov Center has criticized these plans, but some experts believe that only traitors or scoundrels are against the construction of nuclear power plants today.
Russia launched another massive attack on the Ukrainian energy sector on August 26. This time, they hit distribution and power generation systems, and the Kyiv hydroelectric power plant was also attacked.
Russia carried out the most massive shelling of Ukraine on November 17, 2024, firing 127 cruise, ballistic, and supersonic missiles and 109 attack drones. DTEK reported serious damage to its thermal power plants.
After that, some experts predicted that blackouts could last until spring. And the Center for Countering Disinformation of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine voiced the worst-case scenario, which envisages blackouts of up to 20 hours a day.
However, so far, these predictions have turned out to be wrong. Ukraine quickly coped with the consequences of the November shelling and went through most of the winter without massive power outages.
