According to TASS, Russia's state-owned news agency article published on October 12, 2022, nearly 30% of Ukraine’s energy infrastructure was subjected to missile strikes in the past two days, Ukrainian Energy Minister German Galushchenko told CNN in an interview.
In his words, Ukraine’s power supply system remains stable. At the same time, he called upon Western countries to provide Kiev with missile defense systems to help defend the country’s infrastructure.
"We send this message to our partners: we need to protect the sky," he was quoted as saying.
When asked whether Ukraine was planning to receive additional electricity supplies from Europe, Galushchenko replied that it was among options that are under consideration at the moment.
Air raid sirens went off on Tuesday morning across the entire territory of Ukraine. Blasts were reported from Lvov, Vinnitsa, Pavlograd, Ivano-Frankovsk, Krivoy Rog, Kiev, Dnepropetrovsk, Nikolayev and Khmelnitsky.
Russian President Vladimir Putin said at a meeting with Security Council members on October 10 that Russia had delivered a massive strike against Ukrainian energy facilities, military command and communications centers. As the Russian Defense Ministry reported, the strike was delivered by long-range precision weapons against Ukrainian military command centers, communications and energy facilities. The ministry said that the goals of the strike were achieved and all the designated targets were hit.
