Ukraine. Power outages in Kiev and other regions after Russian strikes

Power and running water were cut off in the Ukrainian capital and several other regions on Tuesday, October 18, after Russian strikes targeted key infrastructure for the second day in a row in the morning, local authorities said.

DTEK operator in Kyiv reported.interrupts» in the supply of electricity and water to the residents of the left bank of the capital. “Engineers are making every effort to restore supply“, he said on Facebook.

“Extraordinary Power”

Governor Valentin Reznichenko announced that two Russian missiles were hit in Dnipro, central Ukraine.energy infrastructure“provocative”fire and serious destruction“. “Several regions of Dnipro (…) are without electricity“, he said on Telegram. In the same region, in Pavlograd, Russian bombings caused “temporary stoppage of water supplyand the closing of the local pumping station, the city council announced on Telegram.

Critical infrastructure was also hit in Zhytomyr in the north, where “the city is deprived of electricity and water“. “Hospitals run on backup powerMayor Serguy Sukhomlin announced on Facebook. Eleven settlements in his region are also without electricity, Governor Vitaly Bunechko added.

In the country’s second city, Kharkiv, Mayor Igor Terekhov reported on Telegram that they bombed “one of the city’s industrial enterprises“. In Nikolaev, the strikes hit a residential building, killing at least one person, as well as a flower market in the same area. Electricity was restored there in the morning.

“Terrorize and Kill”

According to the Ukrainian military, Russia has struck more than 35 settlements in the past 24 hours using cruise missiles, anti-aircraft missiles and aircraft, as well as Iranian-made Shahed drones. On Monday, as well as the previous Monday, Russia carried out massive strikes on the electrical and water infrastructure of Ukrainian cities.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, who has been calling on the West to provide his country with air defense systems, on Tuesday condemned the “terrorize and kill civiliansfrom Russian forces.