“Massive Attack” Russian was underway on Monday morning against energy facilitiesalready heavily damaged, in several regions of Ukraine, announced the Ukrainian presidency, two days after an attack on the Russian fleet in Crimea, which Moscow blamed on kyiv with the help of London. “Russian terrorists have once again launched a massive attack on energy system facilities in a number of regions,” said an adviser to the Ukrainian presidency, Kyrylo Tymoshenko. districts of the capital, kyiv, are notably deprived of electricity and water this Monday morning, said the mayor of the city Vitaly Klitschko. “Some of the missiles were shot down by anti-aircraft defense, while others hit their target“, he added.
Four million Ukrainians affected by power cuts
Several explosions were heard in the morning, confirmed AFP journalists. The capital had already been hit on October 10 and 17, in particular by Iranian-made Russian drones.
Ukraine had already announced power cuts on Friday “unprecedented” affecting a total of four million people, especially in the kyiv region. The Ukrainian operator DTEK warned that “Severer and longer cuts will be put in place in the coming days”.