Russian forces have again targeted Ukraine’s energy facilities, leaving part of Kyiv and other cities with no power and water.
Prosecutors say two people were killed in an attack on the capital. Plumes of smoke were seen billowing from around a power station near the Dnipro river. Power and water were cut in Zhytomyr, west of Kyiv, and two facilities were badly damaged in Dnipro.
The latest attacks came 24 hours after Kyiv was hit by “kamikaze” drones.
The unmanned aircraft believed to be Iranian-made, killed at least five people in the capital and four in the northern city of Sumy, striking critical infrastructure, with power outages reported in hundreds of towns and villages.
President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Twitter on Tuesday that in the past eight days, 30% of Ukraine’s power stations had been destroyed, “causing massive blackouts across the country”.
Ukrainian energy firm DTEK said two of its thermal power plants had been significantly damaged by Russian shelling, leaving one worker dead and six others wounded.
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