kyiv suffers one of its worst attacks during massive Russian bombardments against energy infrastructure in Ukraine

Russia bombarded in a “massive” way this Friday the energy infrastructures of Ukrainecausing new electricity cuts throughout the territory and the interruption of the water supply in the capital in the middle of boreal winter.

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“Another massive wave of Russian bombing attacks on energy infrastructure. There will be emergency power cuts,” Energy Minister German Galushenko said on Facebook.

Following the attacks, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba asked western allies to hand over more weapons.

“This would effectively end Russian terror against Ukraine and restore peace and security in Europe and beyond,” he said.

Anti-aircraft alerts sounded throughout the territory and the authorities asked the population to remain in their homes.

In the capital, kyiv, Moscow launched “about 40 missiles”according to the region’s military administration on Telegram.

the bombings mainly caused cuts in the water supply and the city announced that subway service would be disrupted throughout the day due to “energy system damage.”

Further south, on Kryvyi Rig, the birthplace of Ukrainian President Volodimir Zelensky, at least two people were killed after a Russian missile hit a residential building.

The shelling also injured five people, including two children.. “Everyone is in the hospital,” the regional governor, Valentin Reznichenko, reported on Telegram.

A person also died in the city of Kherson, located a little further south and recently recaptured by kyiv troops. Three were injured.

In recent months, Russia has suffered a series of military setbacks in the south and north-east of Ukraine. Since then, has chosen to bomb the country’s energy facilitiesleaving millions of Ukrainians without electricity or heating at a time of freezing temperatures.

– ‘One of the biggest attacks’ on kyiv –

In kyiv, temperatures on Friday ranged between one and three degrees below zero. The capital resisted “one of the biggest missile attacks” since the start of the Russian invasion on February 24, the region’s military administration said.

“Due to the damage to the energy infrastructure, there are interruptions in the water supply in all parts of the capital,” Mayor Vitali Klitchko stated on Telegram.

The inhabitants of the capital took refuge in the metro stations, after the service was interrupted.

The Ukrainian capital had already been the target of 13 explosive drones on Wednesday, but the army claimed to have shot them down.

The commander-in-chief of the Ukrainian army, Valery Zaluzhny, assured in an interview published on Thursday that he foresees a new Russian offensive on kyiv in the first months of 2023.

Fighting is currently focused on eastern and southern Ukrainewhere the bombings also left several cities without electricity.

One of those affected was Kharkov, the second Ukrainian city in the northeast, its mayor, Igor Terekhov, reported on Telegram.

The bombardments also reached the Zaporizhia region, where the largest nuclear power plant in Europe is located.according to its governor Oleksandr Staruch.

Further to the center, in Poltava, the mayor Oleksandre Mamai asked the population to turn off “all electrical appliances.” “The airstrike is still ongoing,” he added, urging civilians to “remain calm.”

Kremenchuk, some 100 km further west, also lost power.

The Russian bombardments also affected the circulation of “electric trains” in the Kharkiv region, Kivograd, Donetsk and Dnipropetrovsk. The Ukrainian railways reported that “they will run with reserve locomotives.”

In the Moscow-controlled Lugansk region in eastern Ukraine, Russian-installed authorities claimed eight people were killed and 23 injured in Ukrainian bombings.

– Putin to visit Belarus –

The Russian bombings come after Ukraine’s Western allies agreed this week in Paris on €1 billion in aid to repair the country’s infrastructure.

On the other hand, the Belarusian presidential press service reported that Russian President Vladimir Putin will visit Belarus on Monday to meet with his counterpart and ally Alexander Lukashenko.

Some Moscow troops left Belarusian territory at the start of the offensive.

Minsk indicated that the two leaders will hold a private meeting and also broader negotiations with their ministers on “Belarus-Russia integration.”

Both countries have engaged in a wide range of programs to deepen their economic and security ties.

“The presidents will also give priority to security issues (…)”, specified the Belarusian presidency.

Source: Elcomercio

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