Ukraine imposed emergency power supply restrictions on February 11, following Russian attacks on gas infrastructure overnight and early on February 11, Energy Minister German Galushchenko said.
"The enemy attacked the gas infrastructure during the night. This morning, the energy sector continued to be attacked," Minister German Galushchenko shared on social media.
The Ukrainian energy minister did not provide further information on ongoing developments.
The Poltava region military administration said that as a result of missile strikes, nine settlements in the Myrhorod district lost gas supplies.
Russia has previously focused its missile and drone attacks on Ukraine’s power sector. In recent months, Russia has dramatically stepped up attacks on Ukraine’s gas storage facilities and production fields.
Ukraine's underground gas storage facilities are located in the west of the country while the main gas production facilities are in eastern Ukraine, in the Kharkiv frontline region as well as in Poltava.
Ukraine's state-run gas transmission system operator said on February 11 that the country is likely to increase gas imports on February 11 to 16.7 million cubic meters, up from 16.3 million cubic meters on February 10.
Ukraine consumes about 110-140 million cubic meters of gas a day in winter.
Falling gas output and difficulties in extracting fuel from depleted underground storage facilities are likely to force Kiev to increase imports, Reuters points out.
Operator data shows that Ukraine will import 7.6 million cubic meters of gas from Hungary, 7.3 million cubic meters from Slovakia and 1.8 million cubic meters from Poland.
Last week, Ukraine began increasing its gas imports following a series of Russian missile attacks in recent months on Ukrainian gas facilities.
