Russia hits Ukraine with ‘massive’ strikes, power cuts in Kyiv

Ukraine said connected Friday that Russia had launched a “massive attack” connected the superior Kyiv, triggering powerfulness cuts arsenic a curate warned that Moscow was besides striking hard astatine the nationalist vigor grid.

“The superior of the state is nether an force ballistic rocket onslaught and a monolithic onslaught by the force onslaught drones,” the Ukrainian aerial unit said, urging Kyiv residents to stay successful shelters.

AFP journalists successful Kyiv heard respective almighty explosions successful the metropolis and experienced powerfulness outages astatine their homes successful antithetic districts of the capital.

Mayor Vitali Klitschko said Russian forces had targeted “critical infrastructure” and wounded astatine slightest 9 people, 5 of whom were taken to hospital.

“The near slope of the superior is without electricity. There are besides problems with h2o supply,” Klitschko said connected the Telegram platform.

The Ukrainian vigor minister, Svitlana Grynchuk, said Russian forces were “inflicting a monolithic strike” connected the grid.

“Energy workers are taking each indispensable measures to minimise the antagonistic consequences,” Grynchuk said connected Facebook.

“As soon arsenic information conditions allow, vigor workers volition statesman clarifying the consequences of the onslaught and restoration work,” she said.

Russia besides deed the southeastern portion of Zaporizhzhia with astatine slightest 7 drone strikes, wounding astatine slightest 3 people, according to Ivan Fedorov, the caput of the determination subject administration.

Russia has escalated aerial attacks connected Ukrainian vigor facilities and obstruction systems implicit caller weeks.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said connected Thursday that Moscow was seeking to “create chaos” by hitting vigor facilities and railways.

Ukraine has stepped up its ain drone and rocket strikes connected Russian territory successful response, a maneuver that Zelensky said was showing “results” and was pushing up substance prices successful Russia.

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