Russian Strike on Pryluky Apartment Building Kills Four and Cuts Gas to 18,000
Russian Missile Hits Pryluky Apartment Building
A Russian missile destroyed part of an apartment building in Pryluky, Chernihiv Oblast, during an overnight attack. Police reported four people killed and 20 injured in the strike on the high-rise residential building. One Naftogaz Group employee was confirmed killed among the victims. The building housed employees of the Naftogaz Group, and the attack destroyed an entire section where some of them lived. Video images showed rescuers pulling people from beneath the wreckage after the missile slammed into the five-storey structure. Regional authorities stated that at least four people were killed on the spot and 20 more were wounded, while more residents could be buried under the rubble. [1] Interior Minister Ihor Vyhivskyi said a Russian strike destroyed an apartment block in Pryluky, killing nine people, including three children, and wounding 34. [4] Authorities in Pryluky reported four people killed and 20 injured from the missile impact on the residential building. [5]
Gas Pipeline Damage Leaves Thousands Without Supply
The attack damaged a medium-pressure gas pipeline in Pryluky, temporarily leaving more than 18,000 of the city's 51,000 residents without gas. Acting Chairman of the Board of Naftogaz, Serhii Fedorenko, confirmed the damage to the pipeline. Teams from Hazmerezhi, Ukraine's gas distribution network operator, are working at the site. Experts are inspecting the networks and equipment in order to restore the gas supply. Fedorenko did not say when the work is expected to be completed. [1] The strike on the residential building occurred alongside the pipeline damage during the large-scale Russian attack on the night of 6-7 October. [1]
Power Outages and Risk of Emergency Cuts
Some consumers in Vinnytsia, Kharkiv, Kherson, Poltava and Chernihiv oblasts have been left without electricity following the massive Russian attack, which hit energy infrastructure in some areas. The Ministry of Energy stated that emergency power cuts may be applied in the event of a deterioration of the situation in certain regions. Hourly power cuts ranging from 0.5 to 1.5 queues may occur if needed, with the Dispatch Centre setting the number of queues across oblasts to address energy deficits. Critical infrastructure and eligible industrial companies that import at least 60 percent of their energy cannot be disconnected. Capacity restrictions for industry and business are currently in effect in some regions. [2] The strikes on energy infrastructure prompted the warnings of possible emergency power cuts in affected oblasts. [2]
Broader Attack Across Ukraine and Casualties
On the night of 6-7 October, Russian forces launched a large-scale attack on Ukraine using various types of aerial weapons. Ukraine's Air Force reported that air defence had intercepted 161 Russian assets. Air-raid warnings were issued in Kyiv and most Ukrainian oblasts overnight into Wednesday due to the threat of ballistic missile attacks. Explosions were heard in Kyiv and Dnipro. [1] Russia launched 130 drones, 48 cruise missiles and also ballistic missiles to attack Ukraine, with air defence units downing 161 targets. Kyiv and Poltava in central Ukraine, the southeastern region of Dnipropetrovsk and Kharkiv in the northeast were the focus of the Russian attacks. [5] At least 12 civilians including three children were killed across Ukraine, with deaths also reported in Kyiv and Kremenchuk. More than 40 people were wounded. [4] Two people were killed in the capital Kyiv, four in the northern city of Pryluki and two in the central Poltava region. [5] In Kremenchuk, in the Poltava region, two people were killed and seven injured, and a rescue operation was continuing. [4] Ukraine had anticipated the attack, with President Volodymyr Zelensky warning the previous day that intelligence services had concluded that Russia was building up for a massive strike. [4]
Russian and Ukrainian Statements
Russia’s Defence Ministry said the military carried out a massive strike overnight targeting industrial facilities involved in the production and storage of missiles and drones across Ukraine. The ministry said that port and ship repair facilities in the southern Odesa region and ships carrying cargo for the Ukrainian military were also hit. [4] Russia’s defence ministry said its forces had carried out a massive strike on military-industrial facilities in Kyiv and other Ukrainian regions, using high-precision land-, sea- and air-launched weapons, as well as drones. It said the targets included sites where Ukrainian defence company Fire Point manufactures and stores its Flamingo cruise missiles and medium- and long-range drones in Kyiv as well as regions of Kyiv, Chernihiv, Kirovohrad, Dnipropetrovsk, Poltava and Kharkiv. [5] Zelensky said Ukraine targeted two oil facilities and a training ground in the Perm, Samara, and Astrakhan regions of Russia. Zelensky also indicated that Ukraine had struck in the Black Sea, posting images of a fire said to show an oil tanker burning in the water near the Russian city of Sochi. [4]
What to watch next: Teams from Hazmerezhi continue inspecting networks and equipment to restore gas supply in Pryluky, while the Ministry of Energy monitors the power system for possible emergency cuts in Vinnytsia, Kharkiv, Kherson, Poltava and Chernihiv oblasts if the situation deteriorates.
