The occupiers fired 11 cruise missiles, fires broke out at the sites of impact, and one person died.
attack on the east of Ukraine. Critical infrastructure facilities were damaged, six regions were left completely or partially without electricity and water.
One of the targets of the attack was the largest Kharkiv thermal power station-5, the adviser to the head of the president's office said. of Ukraine Mykhailo Podolyak.
“Deliberate direct strikes on critical civilian infrastructure are an unconditional manifestation of Russia's terrorism and its desire to massively leave civilians without electricity and heat. Such a cowardly “response” to the escape of one's own army from the battlefield,” Podolyak wrote on Twitter.
Direct, deliberate strikes on critical civilian infrastructure, in particular on the largest Kharkiv TPP-5, is an unconditional manifestation of Russian terrorism and its desire to massively leave civilians without electricity and heat. Such a cowardly “response” to the escape of one's own army from the battlefield.
— Mykhailo Podolyak (@Podolyak_M) September 11, 2022
Deputy head of the OPU Kyrylo Tymoshenko reported that large fires broke out at the impact sites, which Ukrainian rescuers are now putting out.
“Two cruise missiles were aimed at critical infrastructure facilities near Kharkiv. Firefighters are just now working on the spot. Power engineers are working so that electricity will be available in hospitals and other vital facilities as soon as possible,” Tymoshenko stressed.
The deputy head of the OPU warned that the Russian Federation may resort to such attacks again, and there may be power outages all over the country. In his opinion, the current goal of the occupiers is to leave Ukrainians without electricity, water and heat. one person, the search for one more is ongoing, reported the deputy chief of the Kharkiv Oblast State Emergency Service Anatolii Toryanek.
“According to the information of the staff, there were two people on duty in the room where the rocket hit. Unfortunately, one was found dead. We continue to look for the second one,” Toryanek said.
In total, the occupying forces fired 11 cruise missiles over Ukrainian territory, the Eastern Air Command said. The Ukrainian military shot down seven of them in the sky over the Dnipropetrovsk region: five X-101s and two Kalibrs. Two more missiles were destroyed by units of the Air Force in Poltava Oblast.
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The Ukrainian Armed Forces launched an offensive in Kharkiv Oblast on September 6, parallel offensive actions are being carried out in the south, in Kherson Oblast. Since the beginning of the counteroffensive, defenders of Ukraine have already liberated 3,000 square meters. km territories, in particular, they regained control over the strategically important Izyum.
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See special topic: The world is delighted, the enemy is in a panic: Zelensky summed up the results of 200 days of war< /strong> The President thanked the soldiers for their struggle. Ukrzaliznytsia warns of train delays in Slobozhanshchyna Due to enemy shelling, the power supply of five regions in the south and east of the country has been disrupted. Macron urged Putin to start peace talks with Ukraine The telephone conversation took place at the initiative of the French side. The south and east of Ukraine remained without electricity: where the outages occurred The occupiers are hitting critical infrastructure facilities. It is early to celebrate the victory. Russia may launch a counteroffensive – Reznikov According to him, the conquered territories must be defended.
