“The situation is critical now throughout the country, because our regions are dependent on each other,” presidential official Kyrylo Tymoshenko said on television, deeming “it is necessary for the whole country to prepare for what there may be power, water and heating failures”.
Russia has destroyed 30% of Ukrainian power plants by bombardment in just over a week, causing “massive” power cuts, denounced Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky for his part.
“Since October 10, 30% of Ukrainian power plants have been destroyed, causing massive blackouts across the country,” Zelensky tweeted, reiterating his refusal to negotiate with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin.
At least two people were killed on Tuesday in Russian strikes that targeted critical infrastructure in kyiv and caused power and water cuts on a riverside of the capital, the Ukrainian prosecutor’s office said. “The Russian armed forces … launched a missile attack on an energy supply facility on the left bank of the capital, kyiv: according to preliminary information, two people were killed and one injured,” he said. said the prosecution in a press release.