Russia launched a massive attack on Ukraine during the night of October 14, using 39 ballistic missiles and more than 120 attack drones and loitering munitions. Energy facilities and critical infrastructure were the main targets. All of Kyiv’s combined heat and power plants were hit.
Ihor Klymenko, Secretary of Ukraine’s National Security and Defence Council, reported the consequences of the attack.
The Russian shelling killed and injured people. Important facilities and equipment in the energy and oil and gas sectors were damaged. Repair crews, rescuers and other services are working to deal with the aftermath.
Klymenko said the scale of the strike showed that Russia was intensifying attacks on facilities essential to the population’s basic needs. He described it as Russia’s de facto response to the US president’s initiative for an energy ceasefire.
The National Security and Defence Council secretary said Ukraine’s partners should take decisions to increase sanctions pressure on Russia and expand Ukraine’s ability to defend its airspace.
“Ukraine is ready to take steps that could bring an end to the war closer. But they will work only when Russia understands that continuing its aggression will come at too high a cost,” Klymenko said.
