Ukraine is receiving emergency aid from Romania, Poland and Slovakia after Russian attacks left one million consumers without electricity, national grid operator Ukrenergo announced on Friday morning, as quoted by Reuters.

According to Transelectrica and Moldelectrica, on Wednesday, around 11:00, Romania exported approximately 500 MW to the Republic of Moldova, which then went to Ukraine.

Transelectrica representatives clarified to HotNews.ro that Romania offers assistance at the request of the Ukrainian transport and system operator on the basis of a bilateral agreement on assistance in emergency situations (Contract on mutual emergency energy supply to ensure system services between the energy systems of Ukraine and Romania) and in the manner established by this agreement

More than 1 million electricity consumers in Ukraine were left without electricity after Russian aircraft struck several energy facilities overnight on Thursday, a senior presidential official in Kyiv said on Friday.

About 700,000 residents of the eastern Kharkiv region, at least 200,000 in Odesa and Dnipropetrovsk regions, another 110,000 in the central Poltava region were affected by the strikes, Deputy Head of the Presidential Administration Oleksiy Kuleba said.

Ukrenergo said that three countries: Poland, Romania and Slovakia are providing emergency assistance to the severely damaged power grid.

Overnight, Russia launched more than 150 missiles and drones, announced Volodymyr Zelenskyi and the Ukrainian Air Force, and the head of Ukraine’s state energy company said that it was the largest attack on energy infrastructure.

On Friday morning, the State Hydroelectric Company of Ukraine reported that Ukraine’s largest DniproHPP dam in the Zaporizhzhia region was damaged, but there is no risk of a breach.

“Now the station is on fire. Due to the consequences of numerous airstrikes, emergency services and energy workers are working on the spot,” the state company Ukrhydroenergo, which manages the dam network of Ukraine, reported.