After two strikes for which Russians and Ukrainians blame each other, the city of Kherson, in southern Ukraine, still occupied by the Russian army despite a Ukrainian push, remained Monday, November 7 without electricity or water. This is the first known power and water cut in Kherson, where the Ukrainian army is trying to cause heavy damage to the Russian army. According to a representative of the region’s emergency services, quoted by Russian news agencies, “more than 10 localities in the region” are equally “without current”. Follow our live.
The Kakhovka hydroelectric dam “damaged”. 60 km as the crow flies from Kherson, the Kakhovka hydroelectric dam, under Russian control, was hit by another Ukrainian strike, again according to the Russian occupation authorities. According to Russian agencies, six missiles were launched, five were shot down by Russian anti-aircraft defenses and “one hit the sluice of the dam”. The risk of strikes on this strategic infrastructure has been brandished since October by Ukraine and Russia, the two accusing each other of endangering the lives of “thousands” of inhabitants.
Kyiv residents told to prepare to evacuate. Questioned on national public television on Sunday, the mayor of kyiv asked residents to “make arrangements” in the event of widespread power and water cuts. “We are doing everything to prevent this from happening, but our enemies are doing everything to keep the capital without heat, without electricity and without water”added Vitali Klitschko.
A very delicate electrical situation at the national level. More than 4.5 million Ukrainians were without electricity on Sunday evening, most of them in Kyiv and its region, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky explained in his daily address, acknowledging a situation “very difficult”. The national electricity company, Ukrenergo, is planning a new “energy deficit” for Monday and rotating cuts from 6 a.m. until evening. “Consumption should be reduced by 30%” to stabilize the network, explained Ukrenergo.