Russia carries out massive missile and drone attack on energy infrastructure throughout Ukraine

Russian forces launched a massive missile and drone attack on Ukraine’s energy and gas infrastructure on Friday morning, Ukrainian Energy Minister Herman Halushchenko reported.

“Russia continues its energy terror,” Halushchenko wrote on Facebook.

“Where possible, emergency services and energy workers are working to mitigate the consequences — all necessary measures are being taken to stabilize electricity and gas supplies,” the minister added, urging citizens to remain in shelters and follow official updates.

Air raid alerts were declared in all of Ukraine’s regions. The Ukrainian Air Force Command reported the launch of Kalibr cruise missiles from the Black Sea and the deployment of Tu-95 strategic bombers from the Olenya air base on the Kola Peninsula.

At the time of this writing, a civilian infrastructure facility in Kharkiv had been hit, with five people injured, according to city and regional authorities. Kharkiv Mayor Ihor Terekhov reported that a residential building near the infrastructure site was damaged, and all residents were evacuated.

Authorities in the Ternopil region reported a strike on a “critical industrial facility” and warned of potential disruptions to gas supplies. No casualties were reported, according to the regional military administration, as cited by RBC-Ukraine.

In the Poltava region’s Myrhorod district, a gas pipeline and two private homes were damaged, injuring one child and one adult. Regional authorities said they were still determining the number of households left without gas supply.

In the Odesa region’s Podilsk district, debris from a downed cruise missile ignited a fire in a private residential house, and four other houses were damaged, regional administration head Oleh Kiper reported. He added that the fire had been extinguished.