According to Xinhua Agency and CCTV News, on October 3, the Russian military launched a large-scale missile and drone attack on the energy infrastructure of Udo Prefecture, focusing on natural gas transmission facilities. Fifteen locations in Uzbekistan were attacked by 18 missiles and 78 drones, causing power to users in many places, and production capacity in Poltava Prefecture and other places was seriously affected. The Ukrainian Air Force intercepted some incoming targets, rescuers and technical experts are repairing them, and Ukraine is advancing preparations for the heating season of energy facilities across the country.
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According to Xinhua Agency, the Ministry of Energy of Ukraine posted on social media on October 3,Russian troops launched large-scale missile and drone attacks on energy infrastructure in several states of Ukraine. A total of 18 missiles and 78 attack drones were attacked at 15 locations in Uzbekistan.
Ukraine's Ministry of Energy said the focus of Russian attacks was on natural gas transmission facilities. Ukrainian rescuers and technical experts are repairing relevant facilities.
Vladimir Kogut, director of Ukraine's Poltava Oblast Military Administration, posted on social media that in the early morning of that day, Poltava Oblast was attacked by missiles and drones, and local energy infrastructure was damaged.
Poltava Oblast is an important oil and natural gas production base in Ukraine. According to Ukrainian media reports, since February this year, the Russian army has launched repeated attacks on oil refineries and natural gas production facilities in Poltava Oblast, causing Ukraine's natural gas production capacity to drop sharply by more than 40%, which has had a serious impact on Ukraine's natural gas reserves for wintering this winter.
The Ukrainian Air Force said in a statement on social media that the Russian troops from Kursk, Briansk, Rostov, Oryol, Smolensk and Krasnodar border districts in the early morning of the 2nd and 3rd of the morning went to the territory of Ukraine.Launched381 drones and 35 missiles。The Russian military's attacks focused on critical infrastructure, especially the energy infrastructure in Kharkiv Oblast and Poltava regions. In addition, Sumy, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, Odessa, and Kiev regions were also attacked by Russian troops. As of 10 a.m. on the 3rd,Uzbekistan's air defense firepower and electronic warfare forces intercepted 303 drones and 17 missiles.
According to CCTV News, on October 3 local time, the Ministry of Energy of Ukraine issued a report saying that as of that day, some areas of the country had implemented electricity restrictions.
The Ukrainian Ministry of Energy noted that on October 3, the Russian military used missiles and drones to attack energy facilities in several states in the territory of Ukraine, focusing especially on gas transport infrastructure. Currently, relevant experts are working hard to restore the energy facilities to return to normal operation as soon as possible.
Ukraine's DTEK Energy Group also released a message on social media on October 3 that due to Russia's large-scale attack on Poltava Oblast, some natural gas production facilities in the region had ceased operations in the early morning of October 3.
At the same time, the Ukrainian state power grid company also that the Russian missile and drone attacks affected several parts of Ukraine with consumer power outages. Among them, the situation in Sumei and Chernigov were the most severe, the damage to local energy facilities was the most severe, and the power outages were relatively prominent.
According to data from the Ministry of Energy of Ukraine, heating season preparations for energy infrastructure are being fully advanced across the country, including the implementation of facility repair operations, reserve equipment and emergency power supply, and a number of measures to strengthen the protection of critical facilities to meet the upcoming heating season needs.
Daily Economic News Comprehensive Xinhua News Agency, Central TV News