Russia carried out during the night a “mass attack” against Ukraine and targeted energy infrastructures throughout the country, the Ukrainian authorities announced this morning.

“The enemy has attacked our energy infrastructure again!” Ukrainian Energy Minister Herman Galushchenko announced in a post on the Telegram social media.

These attacks they targeted “generation facilities and transmission networks” pthe regions of Kiev, Kharkiv (north-east), Zaporizhia (south) and Lviv (west), Galushchenko listed.

Two thermal power plants of the Ukrainian energy company DTEK were attacked, the company announced on Telegram this morning, without specifying their location.

A Russian attack in the Kharkiv region caused today the interruption of electricity supply to more than 200,000 consumers, also announced Oleksiy Kuleba, deputy chief of staff of the Ukrainian presidency, also via Telegram.

The governor of Kharkiv Oleg Sinegubov wrote on Telegram that Moscow carried out “at least 10 strikes against critical infrastructure” in the city of Kharkiv and its region.

According to Kharkiv Mayor Igor Terekhov and regional police, the Russian military hit Ukraine’s second most populous city with missiles.

“Based on what the Russian invader is doing, energy supply problems are likely in Kharkiv. The metro will remain closed for the next few hours, so plan your itineraries accordingly,” Terekhov wrote on Telegram this morning.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky called for more air defense supplies this morning, announcing that Russia had used more than 40 missiles and 40 drones to hit critical infrastructure in five regions.

According to the daily report of the Ukrainian General Staff published on Facebook, to carry out its “massive attack” against Ukraine, Moscow resorted to cruise missiles as well as Iranian-made Shahid drones. The Ukraine was able to destroy 37 out of 40 drones that were launched against her, according to the same source.

The Kyiv region was “massively attacked” by drones and missiles, the head of the local military administration, Ruslan Kravchenko, also announced. “A critical infrastructure facility” was attacked there, Kravchenko said without giving further details.

In the Zaporizhia region (southern Ukraine), governor Ivan Fedorov announced a “massive missile attack” that damaged energy infrastructure.