"Escalating Energy Conflict: Russia Targets Ukrainian Gas Storage as Ukraine Boosts Power Imports"
Russia launched missile strikes on a Ukrainian gas storage site and power facilities, causing significant damage and prompting Ukraine to increase power imports and impose rolling blackouts. The attacks resulted in power outages in several regions, with the greatest difficulties in Kharkiv, Ukraine's second-largest city. Ukraine's energy ministry reported that the recent strikes caused a loss of 50% of the capacity of the top energy producer, DTEK. Despite the attacks, Ukraine's state-run Naftogaz assured that gas supplies to consumers were not affected, and efforts to restore power supplies were underway.