UKRAINE, KHARKIV OBLAST, Aug 14 — The Russian shelling cut off power to a substation and household consumers in the Kharkiv region, reports the Ministry of Energy.

Towns and villages of the Kharkiv Oblast come under massive Russian artillery shelling and air strikes often, even more so since Russia launched a new ground offensive north and northeast of the region in the Vovchansk and Lyptsi directions in May.

Ministry of Energy reported that the Russian shelling also caused outages in Donetsk, Sumy, Chernihiv, and Kherson regions.

Kharkiv Mayor Ihor Terekhov said in Berlin during the Ukraine Recovery Conference on June 11 that the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) will provide Kharkiv with €25 million to prepare for the 2024-2025 heating season since Russia has destroyed the region’s energy infrastructure this spring.

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