More than a million households are left without electricity in Ukraine following new Russian strikes on Saturday on the country’s energy infrastructure. The Ukrainian president evokes “a cowardly and massive attack”.
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Russian strikes against Ukrainian energy infrastructure are intensifying. PMore than a million households found themselves in the dark across the country on Saturday, October 22, according to a communication on social networks from Kyrylo Tymoshenko, an adviser to the Ukrainian presidency.
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Volodymyr Zelensky services notably report 672,000 subscribers “disconnected” in the Khmelnytskyi region, between the capital kyiv and the city of Lviv. In the Cherkasy oblast, in the center of the country, no less than 242,000 households also found themselves in the dark.
Zelensky denounces “loose strikes”
The reaction of the Ukrainian head of state was quick. On Telegram, Volodymyr Zelensky denounced “a massive attack and cowardly strikes on essential sites”. He also claims that most of the 36 rockets launched in recent hours “were slaughtered” by Ukrainian anti-aircraft forces.
These new attacks carried out by Russia “on energy installations of the main networks in the western regions of Ukraine”according to operator Ukrenergo, come as Vladimir Putin’s troops continue to lose ground, particularly near the city of Kherson, where the pro-Russian occupation authorities on Saturday called on all civilians to evacuate “immediately” The area.