KYIV – Ukraine’s vitality authority mentioned that each one Ukrainian areas will expertise non permanent restrictions on energy consumption on November 18 after Russia launched certainly one of its largest air strikes on the nation’s vitality infrastructure.
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Ukrenergo on November 17 mentioned the ability cuts would run from 6 a.m. till 10 p.m. as crews labored to restore injury from the assaults “as rapidly as doable.”
“All areas can be required to use consumption-restriction measures. The non permanent restrictions are because of the injury to energy amenities throughout at the moment’s large missile and drone assault,” the Vitality Ministry mentioned.
Ukrenergo additionally mentioned that two staff of a substation it operates had been killed because of the Russian assaults early on November 17.
Individually, in one of many bloodiest assaults of current months, at the very least eight individuals, together with two kids, had been killed and a few 20 injured in a Russian missile strike on a residential constructing within the northeastern Ukrainian metropolis of Sumy late on November 17, Inside Minister Ihor Klymenko mentioned.
In a single day, Russia launched large aerial assaults on Ukraine, Kyiv’s international minister mentioned on November 17, with drones and missiles focusing on vitality infrastructure and different civilian websites in cities throughout the nation, prompting neighboring Poland to scramble fighter jets.
“Russia launched one of many largest air assaults: drones and missiles in opposition to peaceable cities, sleeping civilians, vital infrastructure. That is battle felony [President Vladimir] Putin’s true response to all those that referred to as and visited him lately. We’d like peace by means of power, not appeasement,” Ukrainian International Minister Andriy Sybiha wrote on X.
Later, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy mentioned Russia had launched round 120 missiles and 90 drones in what he described as a “large” mixed air strike on Ukraine’s vitality infrastructure.
“The enemy’s goal was our vitality infrastructure all through Ukraine. Sadly, there’s injury to things from strikes and falling particles,” he mentioned in a press release on social media.
Explosions had been reported early on November 17 within the capital, Kyiv, in addition to different cities throughout the nation, together with Odesa on the Black Coastline and the southeastern metropolis of Zaporizhzhya. Russia’s missile assault focused energy infrastructure throughout Ukraine, forcing the launch of preventive outages, Ukrainian Vitality Minister Herman Halushchenko mentioned.
The huge assault comes as Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine grinds towards its 1,000th day. Russia is expending large quantities of weaponry and human life to make small however regular territorial beneficial properties to the practically one-fifth of Ukraine it already controls.
Ukraine, in the meantime, is struggling to reduce losses, preserve morale, and persuade allies that, with extra navy assist, it might flip the tide. U.S. President-elect Donald Trump has mentioned he may rapidly finish the battle, although it’s unclear how.
On November 16, the Group of Seven (G7) main industrialized nations reiterated its members’ “unwavering assist for Ukraine for so long as it takes” in its battle in opposition to invading Russian forces.
WATCH: A barrage of Russian missiles and drones struck throughout Ukraine on the night time of November 16-17. Standing amid destroyed and closely broken homes, a person in Mykolayiv instructed RFE/RL how he was serving to to avoid wasting a neighbor and her little one from burning particles. The lady was ultimately pronounced lifeless.
Russia’s assault on Ukraine on November 17 prompted neighboring Poland to scramble jets.
“As a result of large assault by the Russian Federation utilizing cruise missiles, ballistic missiles, and unmanned aerial autos on objects situated, amongst others, in western Ukraine, Polish and allied plane have began working in our airspace,” the operational command of NATO member Poland’s armed forces posted on X.
It mentioned it had “activated all accessible forces and sources at his disposal, the on-duty fighter pairs had been scrambled, and the ground-based air protection and radar reconnaissance programs reached the very best state of readiness.”
The Polish prime minster, Donald Tusk, wrote on X that the Kremlin’s battle in opposition to Ukraine will not be stopped by means of telephone calls — remarks coming days after German Chancellor Olaf Scholz spoke by telephone with Putin.
“Nobody will cease Putin with telephone calls. The assault final night time — one of many largest on this battle — has proved that phone diplomacy can not substitute actual assist from the entire West for Ukraine,” Tusk wrote.
In his social media put up, Zelenskiy mentioned Russia deployed varied forms of drones, together with Shaheds, in addition to cruise, ballistic, and aircraft-launched ballistic missiles. Ukrainian protection forces shot down 140 air targets, he mentioned.
The missile assault adopted an in a single day drone strike on Ukraine’s capital. The roof of a residential constructing caught fireplace in Kyiv because of falling particles and at the very least one particular person was injured, metropolis officers mentioned on the Telegram messaging app.
“Emergency providers had been dispatched to the scene,” Kyiv’s Mayor Vitali Klitschko mentioned.
The mixed drone and missile assault was probably the most highly effective in three months, based on the top of Kyiv’s navy administration, Serhiy Popko.