Ukrainian Side Claims Russian Military Attacks Cause Emergency Power Outages in Multiple Areas

The Ukrainian National Power Company stated on social media on the 8th that the ongoing attacks by Russian forces on Ukraine's energy infrastructure have led to severe difficulties for the Ukrainian power grid, resulting in emergency power outages in Kharkiv, Sumy, and Poltava regions on the same day.

The private energy company DTEK announced on social media on the 8th that Kyiv city and Kyiv region experienced emergency power outages again that morning. The company reported that Dnipropetrovsk region was once again subjected to large-scale attacks, leaving over 600,000 residents in places like Pavlograd without electricity.

The military governor of Zhytomyr region, Bunechko, stated on social media that since the evening of the 7th, Russian forces have carried out multiple rounds of attacks on residential, heating, and power infrastructure in Zhytomyr region, affecting 312,000 households with power outages, and hundreds of residential buildings in Zhytomyr city have lost heating.

The Ukrainian Air Force reported on social media on the morning of the 8th that from the evening of the 7th to the early morning of the 8th, Russian forces launched 3 missiles and 164 drones into Ukrainian territory. As of 8 AM on the 8th, Ukrainian air defense and electronic warfare units had intercepted and suppressed 137 drones.

The Russian Ministry of Defense released a statement on social media on the morning of the 8th, saying that from late on the 7th to the early morning of the 8th, Russian forces struck fuel and energy infrastructure serving the Ukrainian armed forces. The statement mentioned that Russian forces targeted a substation in Zhytomyr region that serves Ukrainian military enterprises with drones, and also struck a vessel in the Black Sea that was transporting military supplies for Ukraine.