Moldovan President Maia Sandu discussed reinforcing Ukraine’s air defense systems with Dutch Defense Minister Kasja Ollongren following Russia’s latest attacks on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure, Sandu reported on X.
Russia has switched the tactics of its attacks on Ukraine's energy sector: it is now deploying high-precision missiles to target power plants in areas that are less well protected than Kyiv. Some of the energy infrastructure facilities Russia has recently struck will not be fully restored until next winter.
Ukrainian officials said the damage to energy infrastructure caused by Russia is worse than in the winter of 2022-2023, although it is more localized, according to the Financial Times.
Ukraine warned Friday that Russian air attacks were putting its electricity supply under "increasing threat", hours after strikes damaged power stations and killed at least one person.A Russian drone killed a 39-year-old man and wounded another person near the southeastern city of Nikopol, while an air attack on Kamianske further north wounded five people, including a child, authorities said.
The Kolubara coal mine in Serbia never closes 24 hours a day, 365 days per year, excavators work around the clock gnawing away at the soil to extract the fossil fuel.The coal extracted at Kolubara reportedly powers enough stations to produce half of the country's electricity, with more than 11,000 workers employed to extract between 26 million and 27 million tonnes of coal every year.