Artem Nikrasov

Ukraine's acting minister of energy, Artem Nikrasov, said that this is the ninth massive attack on Ukraine's energy sector this year.

As a result of the attack, all Ukrainian nuclear power plants have reduced their electricity generation.

This is a gross violation of international nuclear safety requirements, and it should not be ignored by the international community.

Russia's policy of energy terrorism must be stopped, he said.

As a result of the attack, several western regions are almost completely without power.

Emergency power outages continue throughout the country.

Hanna Polomarenko, NPR News, Kyiv.