Approximately 130,000 of its residents remain without electricity Kiev following the Russian attacks on the Ukrainian capital, with local authorities appearing optimistic that repairs to the grid will be completed within 24 hours, while at the same time all heating systems will be back up and running.
On Wednesday, Russia targeted its energy infrastructure Ukrainian with dozens of missiles, causing serious damage.
Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko warned of political unrest due to the power outages and appealed for calm.
“We must continue to work together to defend the country and protect the infrastructure”he noted, adding that authorities are looking for a solution in “record time.”
The comments came shortly after Volodymyr Zelensky criticized the former boxing champion in an unusually blunt manner for being slow to restore the electricity grid.
Many other areas of the country were also without electricity, water and heatingwhich has heightened fears that vital services will not function properly in the colder months ahead.
Also, on Saturday at least 13 people were injured after new Russian missile attacks on the industrial city of Dnipro.
“Four of them are in hospital, including a 17-year-old”Dnipropetrovsk regional governor Valentin Reznichenko said in a Telegram post.
More victims are expected to be found under the rubble of apartment buildings.
According to the Ukrainian authorities, in total seven residential buildings were damaged in the attack. also a warehouse was destroyed.
In addition to Dnipro, the small town of Chasif Yar in the Donetsk region of eastern Ukraine was also hit yesterday. In this city, which is under Ukrainian control, an apartment building was hit and 3 people were injured, according to its military governor Pavlo Kirilenko.
Alongside, the heads of government of Poland and Lithuania reiterated their support for the Ukrainian struggle against the Russian invasion in a meeting they had with their Ukrainian counterpart Denis Schmihal in the Ukrainian capital.
“This war can have only one outcome: Either Ukraine will win or all of Europe will lose”Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki said at the meeting in Kyiv, according to Polish news agency PAP.
“Our support for Ukraine must and will continue until their victory and ours”Lithuanian Prime Minister Ingrida Simonite noted in a post on Twitter after the meeting.
The visit by the leaders of the two EU and NATO countries was organized in conjunction with yesterday’s 90th anniversary of the country’s Holodomor, the famine imposed on Ukraine by the Stalinist regime in the 1930s, when millions of Ukrainians starved to death. .
Source: News Beast
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