Power outages and “severe” restrictions on electricity supply could last for another one to two weeks across Ukraine following the previous day’s mass Russian strike that damaged energy infrastructure, Ivan Plachkov, president of the All-Ukrainian Energy Assembly, said in comments on Kyiv24 television on August 27.

Russia launched what the Ukrainian Air Force said was the largest attack on Ukraine since the start of the large-scale invasion on August 26, hitting 15 oblasts across the country. The attack damaged energy infrastructure, killed seven civilians and injured 47 others.

Plachkov, the former energy minister, spoke of “one of the most massive attacks on the energy infrastructure” with the aim of causing “a total blackout in the energy system”.

Although Russia has failed to achieve this goal, the energy situation is extremely difficult and requires extensive repairs, Plachkov said.

Ukraine’s Energy Ministry confirmed that it was one of the largest attacks on energy infrastructure and said the consequences were still being investigated. One Energy Ministry employee was killed and another injured in the attack, the ministry said.

Scheduled power outages will be in place throughout the day, the ministry said. Emergency power supplies arrived from Slovakia and Poland after the attack.

The ministry said that “large-scale” repair work was currently underway and staff were working to “ensure the stability and integrity of the power system and prepare it for the autumn-winter period.”

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