Xinhua News Agency, Kiev, October 16: The National Electric Power Company of Ukraine issued a statement on the 16th saying that after Russia attacked Ukraine's energy system, the company had implemented emergency power outages in all areas of Ukraine. On the same day, Ukrainian President Zelensky accused Russia of launching a "systematic terrorist war" against Ukrainian energy facilities.

The state power company said in a statement: "Due to the emergency of the power system, emergency power outages have been implemented in all regions of Ukraine." "On October 17, from 7 a.m. to 10 p.m., industrial power restrictions will be implemented nationwide as planned."

Zelensky said on social media: ¡°Russian drone groups have attacked Krivich, hitting civilian infrastructure. There are still dozens of attack drones and many missiles in our sky. In recent weeks, Russia has not had any one night without attacking Ukraine, and most of the targets of the attacks are infrastructure.¡±

Zelensky also said: "We met with representatives of (U.S.) defense companies today and will discuss providing more air defense systems (to Ukraine). In addition, he also met with representatives of U.S. energy companies today. Tomorrow, we plan to meet with President Trump, and we hope the momentum of containment of the war that works in the Middle East will help end the Russia-Ukraine war."

The Russian Ministry of Defense issued a statement on the 16th, saying that the Russian military has launched a large-scale strike on the natural gas infrastructure used to ensure the work of Ukraine military technology companies.