Russia has increasingly targeted Ukrainian energy infrastructure with long range attacks since last month
[ On Saturday, Ukrainian’s energy ministry said electricity supplies are under control there is no need to panic. Separately, the head of DTEK, the country’s largest private energy company, said there was no need for people to leave Ukraine.
A burning oil depot that local residents said had been hit by a Russian rocket, fired from across the Dnipro River, in Kherson, Ukraine. Photograph: Lynsey Addario/NYT Ukraine’s national grid operator Ukrenergo said while planned blackouts will take place in all regions on Sunday, it does not envisage unexpected emergency shutdowns of electricity.
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