MOSCOW, Nov 28 An emergency has been declared in Ladyzhyn, Vinnitsa region of Ukraine the situation due to damage to heating networks, about 18 thousand residents were left without thermal heating, said the head of the local regional military administration, Sergei Borzov.
On October 16, the Ukrainian media reported on explosions and damage to critical infrastructure facilities, including energy ones. As a result of rocket strikes at the Ladyzhynska TPP in the Vinnytsia region of Ukraine, damage to electrical equipment was reported. The thermal power plant had an accident on the city's heat supply networks,» Borzov wrote in his Telegram channel.
He noted that an emergency headquarters has begun work in the city to eliminate the consequences of the accident, but the measures taken are «extremely insufficient», 18 thousand people remain without thermal heating.
«Coordination of the forces and means of civil protection, military command and critical infrastructure enterprises. We are deploying additional heating points,» he added.
The Ministry of Energy of Ukraine reported on November 23 that due to Russian strikes, all nuclear power plants and most thermal power plants and hydroelectric power plants were temporarily de-energized, and the vast majority of electricity consumers were left without electricity. The next day, the Ministry of Energy reported that the power supply to critical infrastructure facilities had been restored.
According to the Russian Ministry of Defense, on November 23, a massive blow was dealt to the military command and control system of Ukraine and related energy facilities, all designated facilities were hit. The agency emphasized that there were no strikes on Kyiv, and the destruction in the city was the result of the fall of air defense missiles deployed in residential areas of the Ukrainian capital. behind which, according to the Russian authorities, are the Ukrainian special services. The strikes are carried out on energy, defense industry, military command and communications facilities. Since then, air raid alerts have been announced in the Ukrainian regions every day, sometimes all over the country. After the strikes on November 15, Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal said that almost half of the country's energy system had already been put out of action.