Ukraina president Volodõmõr Zelenski andis teada, et Venemaa korraldas läinud ööpäeva jooksul suurima rünnaku Ukraina energiataristule. Tabamuse said 15 objekti.
Lisaks teatas Ukraina õhuvägi, et ei suutnud alla tulistada ühtegi Vene ballistilist raketti.
Zelenski edastas järgmise sõnumi:
Eile korraldasid venelased ühe oma suurimatest rünnakutest Ukraina energiasektori vastu – sihikule võeti üle 15 kriitilise tähtsusega elektritootmis- ja ülekanderajatise erinevates Ukraina piirkondades. Taastustööd käivad ning nendesse on kaasatud kõik vajalikud teenistused ja Ukraina energiaettevõtete kõik olemasolevad ressursid. Tänan kõiki, kes töötavad peaaegu vahetpidamata, et elektrivarustus taastada.
Kõige keerulisem olukord oli Lutskis, Rivnes, Žõtomõris, Vinnõtsas, Šepetivkas, Slavutas ja Netišõnis. Samuti said tabamusi energiarajatised Harkivi, Kiievi, Dnipro ja teistes piirkondades. Venelased on oma energiataristu vastast tegevust laiendanud ning püüavad meie reserve ja remondivõimekust maksimaalselt kurnata. Ainuüksi eile õhtul kella 19.00 ja täna hommikul kella 7.00 vahelisel ajal kasutati meie energiasektori, linnade ja kogukondade vastu üle 320 reaktiiv- ja sisepõlemismootoriga drooni („Shahed”), samuti hulk varitsevat laskemoona, tiibrakette ja ballistilisi rakette. Ja kuigi meie võitlejad tulistavad neist alla märkimisväärse hulga, toovad Venemaa rünnakute – eriti just energiasektori vastu suunatud rünnakute – tohutu ulatus ja lakkamatu tempo kahjuks kaasa tõsiseid tagajärgi.
Yesterday, the Russians carried out one of their largest attacks on Ukraine’s energy sector – more than 15 critical power generation and transmission facilities were targeted across different regions of Ukraine. Restoration work is ongoing, with all necessary services and all available resources of Ukrainian energy companies involved. I thank everyone working practically nonstop to restore power.
The most difficult situation was in Lutsk, Rivne, Zhytomyr, Vinnytsia, Shepetivka, Slavuta, and Netishyn. Energy facilities in the Kharkiv, Kyiv, Dnipro, and other regions were also hit. The Russians have scaled up their anti-energy operation and are trying to stretch our reserves and repair capabilities as thin as possible. Between 7 p.m. yesterday and 7 a.m. today alone, more than 320 jet-powered and gasoline-powered “shaheds,” along with loitering munitions, cruise missiles, and ballistic missiles, were used against our energy sector, our cities, and our communities. And although our warriors are shooting down a significant number of them, the sheer scale and unrelenting pace of Russia’s strikes, specifically against our energy sector, are unfortunately having severe consequences.
It is important that our European partners have already prepared new support packages for Ukraine. I am grateful to them for this. And it is important that everyone in America also sees what is really happening. At a time when the Russians have carried out such a massive attack on our energy sector, a decision was unfortunately made in America to completely disregard the Lindsey Graham Act, which was supposed to impose truly effective pressure on Russia to bring this war to an end. This Act could have helped enormously – and still can! But it needs to actually work, and every voice in support of it matters.
Russia is trying to cause a blackout in Ukraine – right before winter. Russia is trying to leave millions of our people without electricity and heating. Pressure is needed to stop this. A U.S. sanctions blackout, easing pressure on the aggressor, financial rewards for Putin – all of this only encourages him to keep attacking. We must not give up ground. We must keep trying to end the war. To end it, not give Putin every reason to continue it indefinitely. I thank everyone who is truly fighting for peace and helping Ukraine!
— Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Володимир Зеленський (@ZelenskyyUa) October 17, 2026
