Ukraine’s power grids are related to military infrastructure and are therefore a legitimate military target for the Russian Armed Forces. This was stated by the press secretary of Russian President Dmitry Peskov,
“Of course, in specific cases, this has to do with military infrastructure,” Peskov told reporters.
At the same time, the Kremlin representative did not develop this topic but advised to “substantively ask this question” to the Russian Ministry of Defense.
In mid-May, the national energy company Ukrenergo announced that emergency power outages would be carried out throughout Ukraine. The company said the measure was due to significant damage to generating capacity caused by Russian missile attacks.
In March, the head of Ukrenergo, Vadim Kudrytsky, said that the energy system of Ukraine was subjected to the most powerful attack of all time in Russia’s special military operation. According to him, the targets of the attacks were generation facilities – including the Dnieper hydroelectric power station – as well as high-voltage substations and substations of distribution operators.
