Lithuania's energy minister spent the night in a shelter during Russia's massive attack on Kyiv
During his visit to Ukraine, Lithuanian Energy Minister Lukas Savickas was forced to spend the night in a shelter due to a massive Russian attack. The Lithuanian delegation was in Kyiv, which had become one of the main targets of the Russian offensive.
Savickas arrived in Kyiv on Wednesday. Overnight, due to a massive Russian attack on the capital and the Kyiv region, he and other members of the delegation were forced to take shelter.
On Thursday morning, the minister spoke to a Lithuanian public broadcaster about the situation in Kyiv.
“I had the opportunity to experience firsthand what most Ukrainians go through very often… The anxiety lasted all night and continues to this day. We are monitoring the situation. There are no longer any ballistic missile warnings, but the threat from drones remains,” Savickas noted.
During his visit, Savickas has already held meetings, including one with Ukrainian Energy Minister Denys Shmyhal.
The main topic of the two-day visit is protecting Ukraine’s energy infrastructure from Russian attacks. The parties plan to sign an agreement on exchanging expertise in this area.
On Thursday, the Lithuanian delegation is also scheduled to visit several Ukrainian energy infrastructure sites and meet with representatives of energy companies.
The Lithuanian minister’s visit comes amid yet another massive attack by Russia, which has once again demonstrated the importance of strengthening the protection of Ukraine’s energy sector and civilian infrastructure.
This was reported by LRT.
Over the course of August 19, Russian forces carried out 970 strikes on 57 settlements in the Zaporizhzhia region. Six people were injured as a result of the enemy attacks.
As a reminder, Kyiv and Brovary were the main targets of the Russian Federation’s offensive during the attack.
Starting in the evening of August 19, Russian troops attacked four districts in the Dnipropetrovsk region nearly 20 times. The occupiers used drones, aerial bombs, and artillery in their strikes.
Earlier, it was reported that an incident involving power grid infrastructure was recorded in the Brovary community as a result of the enemy attack.
