"Naturally, it (the power grid) is connected to military infrastructure in specific cases," Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Tuesday, according to Russian news agencies. He was asked whether he considered Ukraine's energy supply system a legal military target.
Russia launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine more than two years ago and, since then, has regularly and systematically attacked the neighboring country's energy supply systems.
Russian forces have been targeting thermal and hydroelectric power plants in Ukraine since March. According to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, 80 percent of thermal power plants and about a third of hydropower plants have been destroyed.
Human rights organization Amnesty International has criticized the attacks on Ukraine's energy infrastructure as war crimes.
Ukraine says it last lost more than 9 gigawatts of power-plant capacity nationwide due to missile and drone attacks following a full-scale Russian invasion in 2022.
The base load of Ukraine's electricity production is ensured by three nuclear power plants that are still under government control.
Up to 1.7 GW of additional power can be imported from neighboring EU states and Moldova. However, for most Ukrainians, power outages lasting several hours are now part of everyday life.
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Russia launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine more than two years ago and, since then, has regularly and systematically attacked the neighboring country's energy supply systems.
Russian forces have been targeting thermal and hydroelectric power plants in Ukraine since March. According to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, 80 percent of thermal power plants and about a third of hydropower plants have been destroyed.
Human rights organization Amnesty International has criticized the attacks on Ukraine's energy infrastructure as war crimes.
Ukraine says it last lost more than 9 gigawatts of power-plant capacity nationwide due to missile and drone attacks following a full-scale Russian invasion in 2022.
The base load of Ukraine's electricity production is ensured by three nuclear power plants that are still under government control.
Up to 1.7 GW of additional power can be imported from neighboring EU states and Moldova. However, for most Ukrainians, power outages lasting several hours are now part of everyday life.
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