A reported U.S. assessment warns of eight waves of Russian strikes against Ukrainian energy infrastructure, with the first three waves possibly firing up to 90 missiles at a time and causing 14–16 hours of daily power outages.
A reported assessment by U.S. intelligence agencies and the U.S. Department of Energy warns that Russia is preparing up to eight waves of large-scale strikes against Ukraine's energy infrastructure. Ukrainian summaries of the forecast say the barrage could subject consumers to 14 to 16 hours of power cuts daily.
The first three waves are expected to be the heaviest, with each assault potentially involving as many as 90 missiles of various types aimed at key power plants, substations and other critical energy facilities. Anticipated target areas include the Kyiv and Odesa regions, Dnipropetrovsk, Cherkasy and Vinnytsia oblasts, and western Ukraine.
Analysts place the likely start of the campaign in the last ten days of September or the beginning of October. The projection adds to growing concern that Moscow will step up attacks on Ukraine's power generation and transmission network as temperatures fall, deepening an already tight electricity balance and forcing lengthy scheduled blackouts.
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