Russia destroyed 30% of Ukraine’s power plants in just over a week with bombings that caused “massive” shutdowns, Ukraine’s president said on Tuesday, Vladimir Zelensky.
“Since October 10, 30% of Ukrainian power plants have been destroyed, resulting in massive power outages across the country,” Zelensky wrote on Twitter, confirming his refusal to negotiate with his Russian counterpart. Vladimir Putin.
The Ukrainian capital and several regions of the country were hit by power and water outages on Tuesday following Russian morning attacks on critical infrastructure for the second day in a row, local authorities said.
AT Kyiv, operator DTEK reported “interruptions” in the supply of electricity and water to residents of the left bank of the capital. “Engineers are working hard to restore power,” the Facebook page said in a post.
In the Dnieper, in central Ukraine, the governor Valentin Reznichenko announced that two Russian missiles hit “energy infrastructure”, causing “fire and serious destruction.”
“There is no electricity in several microdistricts of Dnipro (…),” he wrote on Telegram.
In the same area in PavlogradThe Russian shelling caused a “temporary shutdown of the water supply” and the local pumping station, the municipal council said on Telegram.
Attacks on critical infrastructure have also been recorded in Zhytomyr in the north, where “there is no electricity or water in the city.” “Hospitals are working on standby,” Mayor Sergei Sukhomlin said on Facebook.
Eleven settlements in his region also do not have electricity, Governor Vitaliy Bunechko added.
AT Kharkivthe second largest city in the country, the mayor Igor Terekhov reported on Telegram about the shelling of “one of the industrial enterprises of the city.”
In Mykolaiv, shelling damaged a residential building, killing at least one person, as well as a flower market in the same area. In the morning the electricity was restored.
Russian offensive
According to the Ukrainian army, Russia more than 35 cities have been bombed in the last 24 hours using cruise missiles, anti-aircraft missile systems and aircraft, as well as Iranian-made Shahed drones.
This Monday, as well as last Monday, Russia has already attacked the electricity and water infrastructure of Ukrainian cities.
Zelenskiy, who has been calling on Westerners to provide his country with air defense systems, on Tuesday denounced the intent of Russian troops to “terrorize and kill civilians.” (AFP)
Source: RPP
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