Editor’s note: This is a developing story and is being updated.
Russian forces hit energy facilities in Dnipropetrovsk, Ivano-Frankivsk, and Lviv oblasts in a mass missile attack against Ukraine overnight on April 27, causing damage and casualties, Ukrainian authorities reported.
Russia launched 34 missiles at Ukraine, 21 of which were destroyed by the country’s military, according to the Air Force.
“Equipment was damaged. At one of the facilities, an energy engineer received a concussion,” Energy Minister German Galushchenko said on Telegram, adding that the consequences of the attack are still being established.
Ukraine’s largest private energy company, DTEK, reported that four of its thermal power plants were significantly damaged in the attack.
The company didn’t specify where the affected facilities are located, likely not to disclose sensitive information about Ukraine’s critical infrastructure.
“According to preliminary information, unfortunately, there are victims… At the moment, energy workers are trying to eliminate the consequences of the attack,” DTEK wrote.