[キーウ（キエフ） １９日 ロイター] – The governor of Ivano-Frankovsk region in western Ukraine announced on the 19th that a large thermal power station in the city of Burshtyn in western Ukraine was hit by a Russian missile attack and a fire started. There were no deaths or injuries.
The plant served five million people in three western regions, representing more than 10% of the population of Ukraine before the Russian invasion.
The governor of Vinnitsa province in the Midwest also said Russian forces had attacked an energy facility in the state. The extent of the damage has not been clarified.
Russian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Monday that Russian airstrikes had destroyed 30 percent of the country’s power plants since March 10, following a series of attacks on key infrastructure ahead of winter.
A senior presidential official said three people were injured in a drone attack in the northern province of Chernigiv.
