While accusations continue between Donald Trump and Volodymyr Zelensky regarding the war in Ukraine, Russia continues to target the country's energy infrastructures in the middle of winter.
This morning, a massive attack was launched in the Odesa region, targeting the private company DTEK, as reported by the company on its social media. The attack comes two days after another in the same region, leaving 160,000 people without electricity and heating. Authorities report that about 50,000 subscribers remain without supply on Thursday. On the other hand, Russia claims to have recovered over 800 square kilometers in the Kursk region, around 64% of the territory previously occupied by Ukrainian forces since their incursion in August last year, as revealed by Sergei Rudskoi, head of the main operational direction of the General Staff, to the newspaper Krasnaya Zvezda.
Rudskoi also stated that Russia now controls 75% of the Ukrainian regions of Donetsk, Zaporizhia, and Kherson, and over 99% of the Luhansk region, affirming that these four regions will never be returned to Ukraine. Russia launched a massive attack on Thursday against the Odesa region in southern Ukraine, targeting an energy infrastructure of the private company DTEK, as reported by the company on its social media. "The enemy continues terror against the energy sector for the second consecutive night," DTEK wrote about Thursday's attack. "As soon as energy sector workers receive permission from the military and emergency services, they will immediately begin inspecting equipment and carrying out emergency repairs," the note adds.
This attack follows a previous one on Tuesday, where Russians targeted another facility in the region, leaving 160,000 people without electricity and heating, as denounced by President Volodymyr Zelensky. Authorities report that about 50,000 subscribers to the system remain without energy supply on Thursday.