UKRAINE, KHARKIV, Feb. 5 — On Feb. 5, Russian forces attacked the Slobidskyi district of Kharkiv, damaging another object of energy infrastructure in the city, said Ihor Terekhov, the mayor, during the meeting with journalists.

​​On Feb. 3, Russian forces conducted a mass attack on Kharkiv energy infrastructure, leaving over 105,000 customers without heating. Local officials declared a state of emergency in the city.

That day, the governor Oleh Syniehubov said that electricity would not be cut off in homes in the Kharkiv region without a heating supply.

However, the mayor explained that there is no 24-hour power supply in those houses, and outages there could last for 3-5 hours.

“Kharkivoblenergo (a municipal energy company — ed.) works to return power as soon as possible. We have monitoring, where we receive requests. The energy specialists have certain problems and possible solutions,” said Terekhov.

He also noted that these problems became deeper after the last Russian attack on energy infrastructure in the morning.

At the moment, it is impossible to say how many houses have no electricity because restoration work and damage evaluation are still ongoing, the mayor said.

Terekhov also said that there were no casualties after the attack.

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