Ukraine Warns of Crisis after Russia Attacks Power Grid | DoramasQueen

Ukraine has declared a “serious” threat to its power grid as winter approaches, with President Volodymyr Zelensky saying repeated Russian bombings are destroying a third of the country’s electricity infrastructure. DANGER WARNING.

It was the first announcement of the village’s capture since Moscow pulled out completely from the area last month after Russian forces attempted to retake the area from Ukrainian forces in eastern Kharkiv.

At the same time, Russian attacks rocked the energy infrastructure in the country’s Kyiv and urban centers, resulting in blackouts and water disruptions a day after a suicide drone attack in the capital.

Kirill Tymoshenko, deputy head of Ukraine’s presidential office, told Ukraine TV: “The situation across the country is very important now because our regions are interdependent.

Initial strikes on Tuesday affected Kyiv, Kharkov, Mykolaiv in the east and areas between Dnipro and Zhytomyr in the south, where hospitals were running with backup generators, officials said.

Five people were killed in a drone attack in Kyiv on Monday, officials said, in what the president described as a desperate attack.

Russia carried out a second round of punitive strikes on Monday, which military observers said was a response to Moscow’s losses on the battlefield.

Zelensky called the series of attacks on energy infrastructure “another type of Russian terrorist attack.”

The president of Ukraine said on Twitter that since October 10, 30 percent of Ukraine’s power stations have been destroyed, causing power outages across the country.

Another type of Russian terrorist attack: targeting energy and critical infrastructure. Since October 10, 30% of Ukraine’s power stations have been destroyed, causing blackouts across the country. There is no room for negotiation with Putin’s government.

He said the attack meant there was “no room for negotiations under [President Vladimir] Putin’s rule.”

Hospital on backup power
Power went out in several towns and cities in the Zhytomyr region west of Kyiv and parts of the central Ukrainian city of Dnipro, but power was restored in the southern city of Mykolaiv after an overnight strike.

At present, electricity and water supply is off in the city. Hospitals are operating with backup power,” Zhytomyr Mayor Sergey Sukhumlan said in an online statement.

Meanwhile, in the northeast, eight missiles hit Ukraine’s second-largest city of Kharkiv, 40 kilometers from the Russian border, the regional governor said.

Meanwhile, in Kyiv, energy supplier DETK said its workers were “making every effort to restore power to the city of Kyiv after the destruction of key infrastructure.”

Mayor Vitaly Klitschko said three people were killed in Tuesday’s strike.

Zelensky previously said the latest wave of nationwide attacks, which destroyed residential buildings and a flower market in Mykolaiv, was an attempt by Russia to “terrorize and kill citizens”.

The Kremlin has denied Iran’s use of drones.
After Monday’s kamikaze drone attacks in Kyiv, Foreign Minister Dmytro Koliba called for EU sanctions against Iran, accusing Tehran of supplying drones to Russia.

The Kremlin said on Tuesday it was not aware of its military’s use of Iranian drones in Ukraine.

“Russian technology is being used,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said, referring to other defense ministry questions.

However, the Ministry of Defense confirmed the targeting of the power plant in the last 24 hours, saying that long-range and precision weapons were used.

Iran has denied exporting weapons to both sides, but the US has warned of action against companies and countries involved in Tehran’s drone program after the attack in Kyiv.

However, Western officials have clarified that “Russia is pursuing a strategy of deliberately overheating and destroying power networks” and that Iranian drones are “playing an increasingly important role” in the conflict. “.

Meanwhile, senior aide to the president Mykhailo Podoluk called for Russia to be excluded from the upcoming G20 summit.

Its forces said they shot down 38 Iranian-made Shahid 136 drones in the past 24 hours during fighting along the vast border between eastern and southern Ukraine.

Separately on Tuesday, Russian investigators had received initial indications that a military plane crashed into a residential building near Ukraine due to a technical malfunction.

Investigators said they were questioning the pilots of the Sukhoi Su-34 before it crashed into a nine-story building and burst into flames on Monday evening.