Power cuts in Ukraine as Russia pounds natural gas sector in major strike

Russian forces pummeled Ukraine overnight Tuesday with missiles and drones, damaging gas facilities and causing temporary electricity cutoffs, Kyiv officials said — the latest mass aerial attack on the country, as U.S. officials travel to Europe this week to discuss possible plans to bring the war to an end.

As the bombardment was ongoing, Ukraine’s state energy distributor Ukrenergo introduced emergency electricity outages in some of the country’s regions, which it lifted once the attacks ended and “the situation in the power system stabilized,” the company said on Telegram.

Ukraine’s state-owned energy company Naftogaz said the nation’s energy infrastructure sustained a major attack and production facilities in the Poltava region were damaged. The company said there were no casualties, and it was “implementing measures to stabilize gas supplies in Poltava region,” without providing further details.

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